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How many pages is A Wind in the Door?

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle has a median of 211 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 211 to 224 pages.

Median pages
211
10 editions counted
Range
197–262
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
58k
at 275 words per page
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How long will A Wind in the Door 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
3 h 43 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002252501980199020001973: 211 pages1973: 211 pages1973: 203 pages1973: 211 pages1974: 211 pages1975: 197 pages1976: 224 pages1993: 262 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 224 pagesmedian 211
200225250198020001973: 211 pages1973: 211 pages1973: 203 pages1973: 211 pages1974: 211 pages1975: 197 pages1976: 224 pages1993: 262 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 224 pagesmedian 211
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 42 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Square FishMass Market Paperback224OL9317858M
2007Square FishPaperback224OL9617206M
1993Thorndike Press–262OL1735979M
1976Laurel Leaf–224OL7523769M
1975Methuen–197OL5243914M
1974Yearling–211OL24957690M
1973Bantam–211OL26318809M
1973Dell Pub. Co.–211OL20930790M

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Questions

How many pages is A Wind in the Door?
About 211 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 197 to 262 pages.
How long does it take to read A Wind in the Door?
About 3 h 43 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is A Wind in the Door?
Roughly 58,000 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).