Books like Forrest Gump
Winston Groom
Forrest Gump is 245 pages, about 4 hours 30 minutes at 250 words a minute.
8 books to read next
How long each takes
Stardust 4.4 h 
Flowers for Algernon 5.0 h 
Pocho 3.9 h 
The Namesake 5.6 h 
Trainspotting 6.5 h 
The Lost Language of Cranes 6.2 h 
風の歌を聴け 4.3 h 
Glory 3.8 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.