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Book · by Richard Dawkins · first published 1990

How many pages is The Blind Watchmaker?

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins has a median of 363 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 338 to 431 pages.

Median pages
363
12 editions counted
Range
332–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
100k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Blind Watchmaker take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005001990200020101986: 332 pages1986: 345 pages1987: 332 pages1988: 332 pages1990: 368 pages1991: 340 pages1991: 419 pages1996: 358 pages2006: 468 pages2006: 368 pages2015: 496 pages2015: 466 pagesmedian 363
4005001990200020101986: 332 pages1986: 345 pages1987: 332 pages1988: 332 pages1990: 368 pages1991: 340 pages1991: 419 pages1996: 358 pages2006: 468 pages2006: 368 pages2015: 496 pages2015: 466 pagesmedian 363
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–496OL29726568M
2015W. W. Norton & Company–466OL26934040M
2006Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding468OL9557667M
2006Penguin–368OL7358752M
1996Norton–358OL628811M
1991Penguin books–340OL22737164M
1991Penguin–419OL20169208M
1990Penguin Books Ltd–368OL7348722M

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Questions

How many pages is The Blind Watchmaker?
About 363 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 332 to 496 pages.
How long does it take to read The Blind Watchmaker?
About 6 h 59 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Blind Watchmaker?
Roughly 100,000 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)).