How long does it take to read Born Confused?
Tanuja Desai Hidier
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier takes about 9 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2002. 500 pages, about 137,500 words. Written for children.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.
Subjects: East Indian Americans, East Indian American teenagers, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Best friends, Friendship
