Books like The Known World

12 books to read next

• Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h
• Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h
• The Slave Community John W. Blassingame 6.4 h
• Yellow Wife Sadeqa Johnson 5.3 h
• The Delectable Negro Vincent Woodard, Dwight McBride, Justin A. Joyce, E. Patrick Johnson 5.9 h
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h
• Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h
• The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill 9.0 h
• Ar'n't I a Woman? Deborah G. White, Deborah White, Deborah Gray White 4.0 h
• The Autobiography of a Runaway Slave Esteban Montejo, Miguel Barnet 4.0 h
• Indigo Beverly Jenkins 6.6 h
• River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h

How long each takes

Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h The Slave Community John W. Blassingame 6.4 h Yellow Wife Sadeqa Johnson 5.3 h The Delectable Negro Vincent Woodard, Dwight McBride, Justin A. Joyce, E. Patrick Johnson 5.9 h Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill 9.0 h Ar'n't I a Woman? Deborah G. White, Deborah White, Deborah Gray White 4.0 h The Autobiography of a Runaway Slave Esteban Montejo, Miguel Barnet 4.0 h Indigo Beverly Jenkins 6.6 h River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h

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