Books like Boyhood

12 books to read next

• The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón 9.9 h
• Down Second Avenue Ezekiel Mphahlele 4.1 h
• Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami 7.1 h
• The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer 19.4 h
• The Rock of Tanios Amin Maalouf 5.3 h
• The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich 15.8 h
• Lust for Life Irving Stone 8.1 h
• Einstein's Dreams Alan P. Lightman 3.3 h
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce, J. Joyce 4.6 h
• Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela 11.8 h
• The Color of Water James McBride 5.8 h
• Madonna in a Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali, Alexander Dawe, Maureen Freely 3.2 h

How long each takes

The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón 9.9 h Down Second Avenue Ezekiel Mphahlele 4.1 h Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami 7.1 h The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer 19.4 h The Rock of Tanios Amin Maalouf 5.3 h The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich 15.8 h Lust for Life Irving Stone 8.1 h Einstein's Dreams Alan P. Lightman 3.3 h A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce, J. Joyce 4.6 h Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela 11.8 h The Color of Water James McBride 5.8 h Madonna in a Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali, Alexander Dawe, Maureen Freely 3.2 h

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