Books like Being There

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• The Candy House Jennifer Egan 6.5 h
• Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Martí Sales Sariola 4.2 h
• The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway 4.6 h
• Breakfast at Tiffany's Truman Capote 2.9 h
• Cannery Row John Steinbeck 3.5 h
• Martin Eden Jack London 7.5 h
• An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 14.5 h
• Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 4.1 h
• Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alex Goody, Eva Kumar, Evelynn D. Smith, Chavdar Georgiev, Booking, Aurora Irvine 2.8 h
• Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut 5.7 h
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories Ernest Hemingway 2.8 h
• Child of God Cormac McCarthy 3.6 h

How long each takes

The Candy House Jennifer Egan 6.5 h Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Martí Sales Sariola 4.2 h The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway 4.6 h Breakfast at Tiffany's Truman Capote 2.9 h Cannery Row John Steinbeck 3.5 h Martin Eden Jack London 7.5 h An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 14.5 h Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 4.1 h Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alex Goody, Eva Kumar, Evelynn D. Smith, Chavdar Georgiev, Booking, Aurora Irvine 2.8 h Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut 5.7 h The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories Ernest Hemingway 2.8 h Child of God Cormac McCarthy 3.6 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.