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How many pages is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by 村上春樹 has a median of 612 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 609 to 624 pages.

Median pages
612
10 editions counted
Range
607–688
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
168k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 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
10 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
22 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

60065070020002005201020151997: 611 pages1998: 609 pages1999: 613 pages2001: 688 pages2002: 607 pages2003: 607 pages2010: 609 pages2010: 640 pages2011: 624 pages2019: 624 pagesmedian 612
600650700200020101997: 611 pages1998: 609 pages1999: 613 pages2001: 688 pages2002: 607 pages2003: 607 pages2010: 609 pages2010: 640 pages2011: 624 pages2019: 624 pagesmedian 612
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
Hardcover610210 h 45 min
Paperback613310 h 48 min

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Penguin Random House–624OL29422995M
2011Penguin Random House–624OL28468086M
2010Harvill Seckerhardcover609OL32312251M
2010Penguin Random House–640OL28443167M
2003Vintage–607OL15515237M
2002Vintage InternationalPaperback607OL21503461M
2001TusQuetsPaperback688OL9144148M
1999Harvill PressPaperback613OL8626188M

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Questions

How many pages is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
About 612 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 607 to 688 pages.
How long does it take to read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
About 10 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 22 days.
How many words is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
Roughly 168,000 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)).