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How many pages is A Crown of Swords?

A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan has a median of 720 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 686 to 776 pages.

Median pages
720
7 editions counted
Range
658–896
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
198k
at 275 words per page
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How long will A Crown of Swords take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
12 h 42 min
At 30 min a day
26 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

700800900200020052010201520201996: 720 pages1996: 658 pages1996: 684 pages1997: 896 pages2010: 784 pages2013: 688 pages2021: 768 pagesmedian 720
7008009002000201020201996: 720 pages1996: 658 pages1996: 684 pages1997: 896 pages2010: 784 pages2013: 688 pages2021: 768 pagesmedian 720
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Little, Brown Book Group Limited–768OL33907626M
2013Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–688OL28770025M
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–784OL33415380M
1997Tor FantasyMass Market Paperback896OL9402753M
1996Tor BooksLeather bound720OL9322983M
1996BCA–658OL18131458M
1996TorHardcover684OL802982M

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Questions

How many pages is A Crown of Swords?
About 720 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 658 to 896 pages.
How long does it take to read A Crown of Swords?
About 12 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 26 days.
How many words is A Crown of Swords?
Roughly 198,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).