Books like Mao's Last Dancer

12 books to read next

• You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight Fiona MacDonald 35 min
• Works Roald Dahl 7.3 h
• The Bite of the Mango Mariatu Kamara 4.0 h
• Ugly Robert Hoge 4.1 h
• Elon Musk Ryan Nagelhout 1.9 h
• How They Croaked Georgia Bragg 3.5 h
• Taking Flight Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince 4.6 h
• Louis Braille Margaret Davidson 1.5 h
• I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina Anna Pavlova, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y.) 40 min
• 26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola 1.1 h
• Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki 35 min
• Albert Einstein Diane Dakers 2.1 h

How long each takes

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight Fiona MacDonald 35 min Works Roald Dahl 7.3 h The Bite of the Mango Mariatu Kamara 4.0 h Ugly Robert Hoge 4.1 h Elon Musk Ryan Nagelhout 1.9 h How They Croaked Georgia Bragg 3.5 h Taking Flight Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince 4.6 h Louis Braille Margaret Davidson 1.5 h I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina Anna Pavlova, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y.) 40 min 26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola 1.1 h Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki 35 min Albert Einstein Diane Dakers 2.1 h

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