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How many pages is Inversions?

Inversions by Iain Banks has a median of 352 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 343 to 416 pages.

Median pages
352
5 editions counted
Range
336–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
97k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Inversions 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
6 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3504001998200020022004200620081998: 336 pages1999: 416 pages2000: 343 pages2007: 352 pages2008: 416 pagesmedian 352
350400200020051998: 336 pages1999: 416 pages2000: 343 pages2007: 352 pages2008: 416 pagesmedian 352
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Little, Brown Book Group Limited–416OL33409068M
2007PocketPaperback352OL11758666M
2000Pocket Books–343OL49209M
1999Orbit–416OL20283681M
1998Orbit–336OL91700M

More by Iain Banks

All 7 books by Iain Banks with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Inversions?
About 352 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 336 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read Inversions?
About 6 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Inversions?
Roughly 97,000 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).