Books like The Shadow Lines

12 books to read next

• An Obedient Father Akhil Sharma 5.3 h
• Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh 3.8 h
• Kim Rudyard Kipling 5.3 h
• A Bend in the River V. S. Naipaul 5.4 h
• Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard 6.5 h
• Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe 11.5 h
• Rich Like Us Nayantara Sahgal 4.3 h
• The Far Pavilions M. M. Kaye 17.6 h
• The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 5.3 h
• Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 5.3 h
• The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Maggie O'Farrell 4.7 h
• The Duke of Shadows Meredith Duran 6.5 h

How long each takes

An Obedient Father Akhil Sharma 5.3 h Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh 3.8 h Kim Rudyard Kipling 5.3 h A Bend in the River V. S. Naipaul 5.4 h Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard 6.5 h Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe 11.5 h Rich Like Us Nayantara Sahgal 4.3 h The Far Pavilions M. M. Kaye 17.6 h The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 5.3 h Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 5.3 h The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Maggie O'Farrell 4.7 h The Duke of Shadows Meredith Duran 6.5 h

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