Books like The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead
The Man Who Loved Children is 527 pages, about 9 hours 40 minutes at 250 words a minute.
12 books to read next
How long each takes
Sister, Sister 6.8 h 
All Your Perfects 5.9 h 
Fallen Hearts 7.0 h 
Tilt 11.4 h 
Behind Closed Doors 6.2 h 
Without Merit 7.0 h 
The Vegetarian 3.5 h 
The Things They Carried 4.7 h 
Dusklands 2.6 h 
Watching You 6.5 h 
Mr. Sammler's Planet 5.7 h 
After I Do 6.5 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.