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12 books to read next

• The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 7.6 h
• Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson 3.5 h
• Romance in Marseille Claude McKay, William J. Maxwell, Gary Edward Holcomb 4.1 h
• The Darkest Child Delores Phillips 7.2 h
• Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black in a Two-story White House, North Harriet E. Wilson 2.2 h
• Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead, Yannick García 6.2 h
• In Five Years Rebecca Serle 5.7 h
• Brain Damage Freida McFadden 7.2 h
• Midnight Sister Souljah 9.3 h
• Master of the Game Sidney Sheldon 8.2 h
• The Teacher Freida McFadden 6.8 h
• American Dirt Jeanine Cummins 7.3 h

How long each takes

The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 7.6 h Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson 3.5 h Romance in Marseille Claude McKay, William J. Maxwell, Gary Edward Holcomb 4.1 h The Darkest Child Delores Phillips 7.2 h Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black in a Two-story White House, North Harriet E. Wilson 2.2 h Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead, Yannick García 6.2 h In Five Years Rebecca Serle 5.7 h Brain Damage Freida McFadden 7.2 h Midnight Sister Souljah 9.3 h Master of the Game Sidney Sheldon 8.2 h The Teacher Freida McFadden 6.8 h American Dirt Jeanine Cummins 7.3 h

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