Books like Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham
Nightmare Alley is 275 pages, about 5 hours 3 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Blood Wedding 5.7 h 
Later 5.3 h 
Eve 3.8 h 
The Spoilt Kill 4.4 h 
After the Funeral 4.5 h 
Ward D 5.9 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.