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How many pages is The Crystal Shard?

The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore has a median of 336 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 333 to 352 pages.

Median pages
336
5 editions counted
Range
160–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Crystal Shard 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
5 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040019901995200020051988: 336 pages1988: 333 pages2005: 352 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 160 pagesmedian 336
200300400199020001988: 336 pages1988: 333 pages2005: 352 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 160 pagesmedian 336
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Wizards of the CoastMass Market Paperback384OL24660267M
2007Devil's Due PublishingPaperback160OL24660263M
2005Wizards of the CoastTrade Hardcover352OL24245276M
1988Tactical Strategy RulesPaperback336OL2410087M
1988Penguin booksPaperback333OL17313344M

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Questions

How many pages is The Crystal Shard?
About 336 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read The Crystal Shard?
About 5 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Crystal Shard?
Roughly 92,000 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).