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How many pages is The Name of the Wind?

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss has a median of 672 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 662 to 722 pages.

Median pages
672
9 editions counted
Range
661–752
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
185k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Name of the Wind 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
11 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
24 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

650700750200820102012201420162007: 661 pages2007: 672 pages2007: 722 pages2008: 722 pages2008: 672 pages2009: 662 pages2011: 662 pages2017: 729 pages2017: 752 pagesmedian 672
650700750201020152007: 661 pages2007: 672 pages2007: 722 pages2008: 722 pages2008: 672 pages2009: 662 pages2011: 662 pages2017: 729 pages2017: 752 pagesmedian 672
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover672311 h 51 min
Paperback662311 h 40 min

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 76 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017GollanczHardcover729OL26415238M
2017DAW–752OL29758744M
2011GollanczPaperback662OL35447857M
2009Daw BooksPaperback662OL26133219M
2008Daw BooksMass Market Paperback722OL26231137M
2008GollanczPaperback672OL58094679M
2007DAW BooksHardcover661OL16159793M
2007GollanczHardcover672OL9525170M

Questions

How many pages is The Name of the Wind?
About 672 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 661 to 752 pages.
How long does it take to read The Name of the Wind?
About 11 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 24 days.
How many words is The Name of the Wind?
Roughly 185,000 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)).