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How many pages is Red Storm Rising?

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy has a median of 778 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 682 to 1,116 pages.

Median pages
778
6 editions counted
Range
652–1,300
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
214k
at 275 words per page

How long will Red Storm Rising 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
13 h 42 min
At 30 min a day
28 days
At 1 hour a day
14 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

7501,0001,250198619871988198919901986: 652 pages1987: 725 pages1987: 668 pages1988: 830 pages1989: 1,212 pages1990: 1,300 pagesmedian 777
7501,0001,2501986198819901986: 652 pages1987: 725 pages1987: 668 pages1988: 830 pages1989: 1,212 pages1990: 1,300 pagesmedian 777
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
Hardcover660211 h 38 min
Paperback778213 h 42 min

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1990Magna–1,300OL19549442M
1989Thorndike Press–1,212OL2199412M
1988FontanaPaperback830OL20298389M
1987Berkley Publishing GroupPaperback725OL16075973M
1987PutnamHardcover668OL2716383M
1986G. P. Putnam's SonsHardcover652OL17238686M

More by Tom Clancy

All 11 books by Tom Clancy with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Red Storm Rising?
About 778 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 652 to 1,300 pages.
How long does it take to read Red Storm Rising?
About 13 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 28 days.
How many words is Red Storm Rising?
Roughly 214,000 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)).