Books like The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by
Georges Simenon
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by is 253 pages, about 4 hours 38 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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The Brutal Telling 7.3 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.