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Book · by V.C. Andrews · first published 1980

How many pages is Petals on the Wind?

Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews has a median of 439 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 410 to 448 pages.

Median pages
439
18 editions counted
Range
345–660
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
121k
at 275 words per page

How long will Petals on the Wind take you?

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Reading time
7 h 44 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.

400600198019902000201020201980: 373 pages1980: 373 pages1980: 439 pages1980: 345 pages1980: 439 pages1980: 410 pages1980: 373 pages1982: 600 pages1983: 660 pages1993: 410 pages2002: 448 pages2003: 439 pages2007: 410 pages2008: 410 pages2011: 448 pages2014: 439 pages2016: 590 pages2020: 448 pagesmedian 439
4006001980200020201980: 373 pages1980: 373 pages1980: 439 pages1980: 345 pages1980: 439 pages1980: 410 pages1980: 373 pages1982: 600 pages1983: 660 pages1993: 410 pages2002: 448 pages2003: 439 pages2007: 410 pages2008: 410 pages2011: 448 pages2014: 439 pages2016: 590 pages2020: 448 pagesmedian 439
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
Hardcover41077 h 14 min
Mass market43947 h 44 min

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Gallery Books–448OL29837737M
2016Charnwoodhardcover590OL34258821M
2014Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback439OL27193381M
2011Simon & Schuster, Limited–448OL33417536M
2008HarperCollins Publisherspaperback410OL49234259M
2007BCAHardcover410OL46298568M
2003PocketMass Market Paperback439OL7950683M
2002Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback448OL7663433M

More by V.C. Andrews

All 15 books by V.C. Andrews with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Petals on the Wind?
About 439 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 345 to 660 pages.
How long does it take to read Petals on the Wind?
About 7 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Petals on the Wind?
Roughly 121,000 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)).