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Book · by Robin Hobb · first published 1998

How many pages is Ship of Magic?

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb has a median of 712 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 685 to 840 pages.

Median pages
712
7 editions counted
Range
656–880
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
196k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ship of Magic 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
12 h 33 min
At 30 min a day
26 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

700800900200020052010201520201998: 685 pages1998: 685 pages1998: 656 pages1999: 712 pages1999: 832 pages2015: 880 pages2023: 848 pagesmedian 712
7008009002000201020201998: 685 pages1998: 685 pages1998: 656 pages1999: 712 pages1999: 832 pages2015: 880 pages2023: 848 pagesmedian 712
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Random House Worlds–848OL48259691M
2015Harper VoyagerPaperback880OL35787883M
1999Voyager–712OL7259412M
1999SpectraMass Market Paperback832OL7829878M
1998Bantam Books–685OL24749589M
1998Bantam Books–685OL685349M
1998BCA–656OL15525257M

More by Robin Hobb

All 3 books by Robin Hobb with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Ship of Magic?
About 712 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 656 to 880 pages.
How long does it take to read Ship of Magic?
About 12 h 33 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 26 days.
How many words is Ship of Magic?
Roughly 196,000 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)).