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How many pages is Master of the Game?

Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon has a median of 495 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 412 to 499 pages.

Median pages
495
15 editions counted
Range
300–735
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page

How long will Master of the Game 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
8 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006008001990200020101982: 403 pages1982: 422 pages1982: 403 pages1982: 495 pages1982: 422 pages1982: 403 pages1983: 495 pages1983: 525 pages1983: 502 pages1983: 735 pages1986: 495 pages1988: 496 pages1994: 300 pages2002: 640 pages2017: 496 pagesmedian 495
40060080020001982: 403 pages1982: 422 pages1982: 403 pages1982: 495 pages1982: 422 pages1982: 403 pages1983: 495 pages1983: 525 pages1983: 502 pages1983: 735 pages1986: 495 pages1988: 496 pages1994: 300 pages2002: 640 pages2017: 496 pagesmedian 495
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Grand Central Publishing–496OL28879594M
2002ISIS–640OL27072993M
1994Doubleday BooksHardcover300OL9424460M
1988Grand Central Publishing–496OL7535967M
1986Warner Books–495OL26328902M
1983Warner Books–495OL15573100M
1983Bell–525OL21779982M
1983Book Club Associates in association with Collins–502OL17195490M

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Questions

How many pages is Master of the Game?
About 495 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 735 pages.
How long does it take to read Master of the Game?
About 8 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is Master of the Game?
Roughly 136,000 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)).