Brain Damage
At your speed≈ 8 hrs
Pages398
Audiobook≈ 13½ hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
398 pages works out to roughly 119,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8 hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.83 out of 5, from 60 ratings.
Worth-it score 6.1/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.3 (Hardcover's 3.83★ from 60 ratings) − length 0.2 = 6.1. How the score works →
How long does it take to read Brain Damage?
Brain Damage is 398 pages, or roughly 119,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 11½ hrs |
| Average | 250 | 8 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 13½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Brain Damage?
- About 8 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Brain Damage runs 398 pages, roughly 119,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
- How many pages is Brain Damage?
- 398 pages, which is about 119,000 words and 8 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
- Is Brain Damage worth reading?
- We score it 6.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.83 out of 5 from 60 ratings, which counts for 6.3; at about 8 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.
- How long is the Brain Damage audiobook?
- About 13½ hrs, estimated from the 119,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
After years of hard work, Dr. Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome lawyer husband?…
Double check.Then one night, a bullet rips through the right side of her skull and she loses everything.As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her... before he finishes the job he started.



