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Book · by James Clavell · first published 1966

How many pages is Tai-Pan?

Tai-Pan by James Clavell has a median of 594 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 590 to 726 pages.

Median pages
594
15 editions counted
Range
590–736
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
10h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
163k
at 275 words per page

How long will Tai-Pan 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
10 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
21 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

60065070075019701980199020001966: 594 pages1966: 594 pages1966: 726 pages1966: 590 pages1966: 590 pages1966: 594 pages1966: 726 pages1966: 590 pages1967: 590 pages1967: 706 pages1967: 734 pages1982: 725 pages1983: 590 pages1986: 736 pages2009: 601 pagesmedian 594
600650700750198020001966: 594 pages1966: 594 pages1966: 726 pages1966: 590 pages1966: 590 pages1966: 594 pages1966: 726 pages1966: 590 pages1967: 590 pages1967: 706 pages1967: 734 pages1982: 725 pages1983: 590 pages1986: 736 pages2009: 601 pagesmedian 594
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Delta Trade Paperbacks–601OL23632799M
1986Dell–736OL7518252M
1983Delacorte Press–590OL7439066M
1982Hodder and Stoughton–725OL18538000M
1967Atheneum–590OL22108998M
1967SpherePaperback706OL49653896M
1967Dell–734OL15214602M
1966Atheneum–594OL16425087M

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Questions

How many pages is Tai-Pan?
About 594 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 590 to 736 pages.
How long does it take to read Tai-Pan?
About 10 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 21 days.
How many words is Tai-Pan?
Roughly 163,000 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)).