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How many pages is The Well of Ascension?

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson has a median of 786 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 675 to 810 pages.

Median pages
786
6 editions counted
Range
592–886
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
216k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Well of Ascension 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
13 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
28 days
At 1 hour a day
14 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6007008009002010201520202007: 592 pages2008: 792 pages2009: 781 pages2017: 886 pages2019: 816 pages2023: 640 pagesmedian 786
600700800900201020202007: 592 pages2008: 792 pages2009: 781 pages2017: 886 pages2019: 816 pages2023: 640 pagesmedian 786
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–640OL38122248M
2019Tor Fantasymass market paperback816OL28184758M
2017Gollancz–886OL26804536M
2009Gollanczpaperback781OL28265735M
2008Tor FantasyMass Market Paperback792OL24608673M
2007TorHardcover592OL8053698M

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Questions

How many pages is The Well of Ascension?
About 786 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 592 to 886 pages.
How long does it take to read The Well of Ascension?
About 13 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 28 days.
How many words is The Well of Ascension?
Roughly 216,000 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).