Books like The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, JD Jackson
The Nickel Boys is 224 pages, about 4 hours 6 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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How long each takes
The Kid 7.0 h 
Not Without Laughter 5.7 h 
My Brilliant Friend 6.2 h 
Their Eyes Were Watching God 4.2 h 
Our America 3.7 h 
Yellow Wife 5.3 h 
Manchild in the Promised Land 7.6 h 
The Darkest Child 7.2 h 
Moth to a Flame 5.9 h 
Another Brooklyn 3.5 h 
Perfume 4.8 h 
The White House Boys 4.4 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.