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How long does it take to read The Bridge?

Iain Banks

The Bridge by Iain Banks takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1986. 288 pages, about 79,200 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 48 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, Amnesia, Near death experiences

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