Books like The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea is 132 pages, about 2 hours 25 minutes at 250 words a minute.
7 books to read next
How long each takes
The Notebook 4.5 h 
An Artist of the Floating World 4.0 h 
A Soldier of the Great War 14.5 h 
The Old Man and The Boy 5.6 h 
The Water-witch 7.9 h 
The Finkler Question 5.6 h 
The Odd Couple 1.9 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.