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How many pages is Elon Musk?

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance has a median of 392 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 288 to 392 pages.

Median pages
392
5 editions counted
Range
280–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.5h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
108k
at 275 words per page

How long will Elon Musk take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
7 h 33 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3003504002014201620182015: 392 pages2016: 392 pages2017: 288 pages2017: 280 pages2017: 416 pagesmedian 392
3003504002014201620182015: 392 pages2016: 392 pages2017: 288 pages2017: 280 pages2017: 416 pagesmedian 392
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 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Random House–288OL28617634M
2017HarperCollins–280OL26883636M
2017HarperCollins Publishers–416OL29732932M
2016Virgin Books–392OL26865812M
2015Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishersHardcover392OL25755973M

Questions

How many pages is Elon Musk?
About 392 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 280 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read Elon Musk?
About 7 h 33 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Elon Musk?
Roughly 108,000 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)).