Books like The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, David Chandler
The Black Swan is 421 pages, about 7 hours 43 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Social Foundations of Thought and Action 10.0 h 
Bullshit Jobs 7.2 h 
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Chaos 6.7 h 
And the Band Played on 12.0 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.