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Book · by Jeffrey Archer · first published 1979

How many pages is Kane & Abel?

Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer has a median of 548 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 477 to 592 pages.

Median pages
548
24 editions counted
Range
472–759
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
151k
at 275 words per page

How long will Kane & Abel 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
9 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50060070080019801990200020101979: 512 pages1979: 472 pages1979: 472 pages1979: 472 pages1980: 560 pages1980: 540 pages1981: 477 pages1982: 759 pages1982: 477 pages1983: 477 pages1985: 477 pages1986: 560 pages1994: 582 pages1994: 472 pages1996: 594 pages1998: 550 pages2004: 592 pages2009: 643 pages2009: 545 pages2009: 645 pages2013: 643 pages2017: 545 pages2018: 592 pages2018: 643 pagesmedian 547
500600700800198020001979: 512 pages1979: 472 pages1979: 472 pages1979: 472 pages1980: 560 pages1980: 540 pages1981: 477 pages1982: 759 pages1982: 477 pages1983: 477 pages1985: 477 pages1986: 560 pages1994: 582 pages1994: 472 pages1996: 594 pages1998: 550 pages2004: 592 pages2009: 643 pages2009: 545 pages2009: 645 pages2013: 643 pages2017: 545 pages2018: 592 pages2018: 643 pagesmedian 547
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover47258 h 19 min
Paperback594410 h 28 min
Mass market56099 h 52 min

Editions counted

The 24 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 76 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018St. Martin's PaperbacksEpub592OL27900159M
2018St. Martin's Paperbacksmass market paperback643OL28188915M
2017Pan Bookspaperback545OL28031198M
2013St. Martin's Paperbackspaperback643OL50216697M
2009St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback643OL24085358M
2009Pan Bookspaperback545OL28145783M
2009Pan Bookspaperback645OL28293057M
2004St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback592OL9377394M

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Questions

How many pages is Kane & Abel?
About 548 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 472 to 759 pages.
How long does it take to read Kane & Abel?
About 9 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Kane & Abel?
Roughly 151,000 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)).