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How long does it take to read The Biology of Desire?

Marc David Lewis

The Biology of Desire by Marc David Lewis takes about 4 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 22 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2015. 238 pages, about 65,450 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 22 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Neuroscientist Lewis (Memoirs of an Addicted Brain) presents a strong argument against the disease model of addiction, which is currently predominant in medicine and popular culture alike, and bolsters it with informative and engaging narratives of addicts' lives ... Even when presenting more technical information, Lewis shows a keen ability to put a human face on the most groundbreaking research into addiction. Likewise, he manages to make complex findings and theories both comprehensible and interesting...This book, written with hopeful sincerity, will intrigue both those who accept its thesis and those who do not."--

Subjects: Drug addicts, Neurosciences, Compulsive behavior, Psychology, Drug abuse, Addicts

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