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Author · born 17 October 1948 · died 16 September 2007

Robert Jordan books: page counts

15 books by Robert Jordan with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
15
with page data
Longest
940
Lord of Chaos
Shortest
336
New Spring

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

The Dragon Reborn (1991)648The Shadow Rising (1992)856The Fires of Heaven (1993)928The Path of Daggers (1998)608Crossroads of Twilight (2000)704New Spring (2004)336Knife of Dreams (2005)784The Gathering Storm (2009)816A Crown of Swords720A Memory of Light912Lord of Chaos940The Eye of the World750The Great Hunt688Towers of Midnight880Winter's Heart668
The Dragon Reborn (1…648The Shadow Rising (1…856The Fires of Heaven …928The Path of Daggers …608Crossroads of Twilig…704New Spring (2004)336Knife of Dreams (200…784The Gathering Storm …816A Crown of Swords720A Memory of Light912Lord of Chaos940The Eye of the World750The Great Hunt688Towers of Midnight880Winter's Heart668
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
The Dragon Reborn1991648595–70411 h 25 min
The Shadow Rising1992856699–1,05615 h 05 min
The Fires of Heaven1993928702–99216 h 22 min
The Path of Daggers1998608528–70410 h 43 min
Crossroads of Twilight2000704700–86412 h 25 min
New Spring2004336334–4325 h 55 min
Knife of Dreams2005784624–1,00013 h 49 min
The Gathering Storm2009816672–88014 h 23 min
A Crown of Swords–720658–89612 h 42 min
A Memory of Light–912768–1,16816 h 05 min
Lord of Chaos–940716–1,05616 h 34 min
The Eye of the World–750670–83213 h 13 min
The Great Hunt–688598–73612 h 08 min
Towers of Midnight–880672–99215 h 31 min
Winter's Heart–668608–80011 h 47 min

Reading all 15 takes about 198 h 06 min at average speed (11,238 pages).

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).