The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Lerman (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Lerman
Peter Lerman narrates 71 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 708 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness is an audiobook by Jack El-Hai: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Lerman, released March 16, 2021, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Lerman
- Released
- March 16, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781666104806
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness as an audiobook?
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness?
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness is narrated by Peter Lerman.
Is The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.