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How many pages is Look to Windward?

Look to Windward by Iain Banks has a median of 369 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 357 to 406 pages.

Median pages
369
8 editions counted
Range
357–483
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Look to Windward 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 30 min
At 30 min a day
14 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.

3504004505002000200220042006200820102000: 357 pages2000: 357 pages2001: 403 pages2001: 369 pages2002: 483 pages2010: 369 pages2010: 416 pagesmedian 369
3504004505002000200520102000: 357 pages2000: 357 pages2001: 403 pages2001: 369 pages2002: 483 pages2010: 369 pages2010: 416 pagesmedian 369
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Pocket Books–369OL25839373M
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–416OL33393998M
2002Pocket Books–483OL3707942M
2001Orbit–403OL16212137M
2001Pocket Books–369OL3942432M
2000Orbit–357OL24929580M
2000Orbit–357OL19737130M
–Orbit–357OL19121221M

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Questions

How many pages is Look to Windward?
About 369 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 357 to 483 pages.
How long does it take to read Look to Windward?
About 6 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Look to Windward?
Roughly 101,000 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).