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Book · by David Deida · first published 1997

How many pages is The Way of the Superior Man?

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida has a median of 224 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 201 to 292 pages.

Median pages
224
5 editions counted
Range
201–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Way of the Superior Man take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 19 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20025030035020002005201020151997: 224 pages1997: 201 pages2008: 292 pages2011: 352 pages2017: 201 pagesmedian 224
200250300350200020101997: 224 pages1997: 201 pages2008: 292 pages2011: 352 pages2017: 201 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Sounds True–201OL26952607M
2011ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited–352OL44275513M
2008ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited–292OL44124536M
1997Plexus–224OL1017966M
1997sounds true–201OL33885738M

Questions

How many pages is The Way of the Superior Man?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 201 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read The Way of the Superior Man?
About 4 h 19 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Way of the Superior Man?
Roughly 62,000 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)).