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Book · by Carlos Ruiz Zafón · first published 2004

How many pages is The Shadow of the Wind?

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón has a median of 503 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 486 to 519 pages.

Median pages
503
10 editions counted
Range
320–696
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
138k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Shadow 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
8 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006002004200520062007200820092004: 506 pages2004: 486 pages2004: 487 pages2004: 320 pages2005: 402 pages2005: 500 pages2005: 696 pages2005: 510 pages2005: 522 pages2009: 560 pagesmedian 503
4006002004200620082004: 506 pages2004: 486 pages2004: 487 pages2004: 320 pages2005: 402 pages2005: 500 pages2005: 696 pages2005: 510 pages2005: 522 pages2009: 560 pagesmedian 503
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 99 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Phoenixpaperback560OL32141059M
2005PhoenixTrade Paperback402OL31467817M
2005Penguin BooksPaperback500OL24300551M
2005W.F. Howes–696OL16395253M
2005PhoenixPaperback510OL14445404M
2005Penguin BooksPaperback522OL7988624M
2004PhoenixPaperback506OL26343081M
2004Penguin Press–486OL25400397M

Questions

How many pages is The Shadow of the Wind?
About 503 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 696 pages.
How long does it take to read The Shadow of the Wind?
About 8 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Shadow of the Wind?
Roughly 138,000 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).