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Book · by Mary Stewart · first published 1975

How many pages is The Moon-Spinners?

The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart has a median of 303 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 256 to 312 pages.

Median pages
303
13 editions counted
Range
223–484
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
83k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Moon-Spinners 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 20 min
At 30 min a day
11 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.

200300400500197019801990200020101962: 256 pages1962: 256 pages1962: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1964: 223 pages1968: 484 pages1996: 254 pages2003: 400 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 312 pagesmedian 303
200300400500198020001962: 256 pages1962: 256 pages1962: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1963: 303 pages1964: 223 pages1968: 484 pages1996: 254 pages2003: 400 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 312 pagesmedian 303
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 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 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Hodder & Stoughton–384OL29046919M
2011Chicago Review Press, Incorporated–312OL33982960M
2003HarperTorchMass Market Paperback400OL9231975M
1996Coronet–254OL22024253M
1968UlverscroftHardcover484OL9890529M
1964Fawcett PublicationsPaperback223OL40234563M
1963M. S. Mill Co. and Morrow–303OL5877243M
1963M.S. Mill and–303OL17891890M

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Questions

How many pages is The Moon-Spinners?
About 303 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 223 to 484 pages.
How long does it take to read The Moon-Spinners?
About 5 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Moon-Spinners?
Roughly 83,000 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)).