Book · by Iain Banks
How many pages is The Algebraist?
The Algebraist by Iain Banks has a median of 534 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 500 to 544 pages.
How long will The Algebraist take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 544 | OL33419934M |
| 2006 | Night Shade Books | Paperback | 434 | OL8895416M |
| 2005 | Night Shade Books | Hardcover | 500 | OL8895404M |
| 2005 | Orbit | Paperback | 544 | OL8920058M |
| 2004 | ORBIT | – | 534 | OL22603682M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Algebraist?
- About 534 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 434 to 544 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Algebraist?
- About 9 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
- How many words is The Algebraist?
- Roughly 147,000 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)).