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How many pages is Black Wind?

Black Wind by Clive Cussler has a median of 656 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 530 to 792 pages.

Median pages
656
5 editions counted
Range
530–792
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
180k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Black Wind take you?

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Reading time
11 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
24 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50060070080020022004200620082004: 530 pages2004: 530 pages2005: 792 pages2006: 656 pages2006: 792 pagesmedian 656
50060070080020022004200620082004: 530 pages2004: 530 pages2005: 792 pages2006: 656 pages2006: 792 pagesmedian 656
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Berkley–656OL7505181M
2006Large Print PressPaperback792OL8875491M
2005Wheeler Pub.–792OL3299844M
2004G.P. Putnam's Sons–530OL3307619M
2004G.P. Putnam's Sons–530OL23272964M

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Questions

How many pages is Black Wind?
About 656 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 530 to 792 pages.
How long does it take to read Black Wind?
About 11 h 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 24 days.
How many words is Black Wind?
Roughly 180,000 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).