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How many pages is The Bear and the Dragon?

The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy has a median of 1,028 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 752 to 1,152 pages.

Median pages
1,028
13 editions counted
Range
672–1,504
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
18h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
283k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
18 h 07 min
At 30 min a day
37 days
At 1 hour a day
19 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1,0001,5002000200520102000: 1,494 pages2000: 1,028 pages2000: 1,028 pages2000: 752 pages2000: 1,040 pages2001: 672 pages2001: 1,152 pages2001: 1,152 pages2001: 672 pages2001: 1,504 pages2002: 672 pages2002: 792 pages2014: 1,152 pagesmedian 1,028
1,0001,5002000200520102000: 1,494 pages2000: 1,028 pages2000: 1,028 pages2000: 752 pages2000: 1,040 pages2001: 672 pages2001: 1,152 pages2001: 1,152 pages2001: 672 pages2001: 1,504 pages2002: 672 pages2002: 792 pages2014: 1,152 pagesmedian 1,028
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Penguin Books, Limited–1,152OL28520963M
2002Chivers Press–672OL28963144M
2002Chivers Press–792OL28963145M
2001Chivers Press–672OL28962532M
2001Penguin Books, Limited–1,152OL28950191M
2001Berkley–1,152OL7504628M
2001Chivers Press–672OL28962531M
2001Random House Large Print–1,504OL29561086M

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Questions

How many pages is The Bear and the Dragon?
About 1,028 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 672 to 1,504 pages.
How long does it take to read The Bear and the Dragon?
About 18 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 37 days.
How many words is The Bear and the Dragon?
Roughly 283,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).