How long does it take to read Frankenstein in Baghdad?
Aḥmad Saʻdāwī
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Aḥmad Saʻdāwī takes about 5 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2018. 281 pages, about 77,275 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After he constructs a corpse from body parts found on the street, Hadi wants the government to prepare a proper burial, but when the corpse goes missing, a series of strange murders occur and Hadi realizes he has created a monster.
Subjects: War stories, Fiction, Fiction, horror, Iraq, fiction, Monsters, Récits de guerre
