Books like People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book is 448 pages, about 8 hours 13 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Unhallowed Ground 6.7 h 
We Were the Lucky Ones 8.2 h 
The Queen's Fool 7.3 h 
Holocaust 7.5 h 
Peony 6.0 h 
Counted with the Stars 6.5 h 
Shosha 5.4 h 
The Boston Girl 5.9 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.