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How many pages is The Silkworm?

The Silkworm by J. K. Rowling has a median of 464 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 460 to 672 pages.

Median pages
464
7 editions counted
Range
455–736
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
128k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Silkworm 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 11 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.

500600700201420152016201720182014: 455 pages2014: 736 pages2014: 455 pages2014: 464 pages2015: 672 pages2018: 464 pages2018: 672 pagesmedian 464
5006007002014201620182014: 455 pages2014: 736 pages2014: 455 pages2014: 464 pages2015: 672 pages2018: 464 pages2018: 672 pagesmedian 464
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 22 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Little Brown & Company–464OL28923141M
2018Little Brown & Company–672OL29787346M
2015Little Brown & Company–672OL29720564M
2014Mulholland Books–455OL32784613M
2014Little Brown & Company–736OL29692747M
2014––455OL28204244M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–464OL33443048M

More by J. K. Rowling

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Questions

How many pages is The Silkworm?
About 464 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 455 to 736 pages.
How long does it take to read The Silkworm?
About 8 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Silkworm?
Roughly 128,000 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)).