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How many pages is The Wind's Twelve Quarters?

The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin has a median of 303 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 284 to 320 pages.

Median pages
303
10 editions counted
Range
138–383
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
83k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Wind's Twelve Quarters 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
5 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300400198019902000201020201975: 303 pages1976: 303 pages1976: 277 pages1978: 138 pages1978: 157 pages1987: 303 pages1989: 320 pages1995: 383 pages1995: 382 pages2022: 320 pagesmedian 303
2003004001980200020201975: 303 pages1976: 303 pages1976: 277 pages1978: 138 pages1978: 157 pages1987: 303 pages1989: 320 pages1995: 383 pages1995: 382 pages2022: 320 pagesmedian 303
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022HarperCollins Publishers–320OL37732447M
1995EosMass Market Paperback383OL9241800M
1995HarperPrism–382OL22236198M
1989VGSF–320OL15069229M
1987Harper & Row–303OL15193351M
1978Panther–138OL15081494M
1978Panther–157OL22788819M
1976Gollancz–303OL15068621M

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Questions

How many pages is The Wind's Twelve Quarters?
About 303 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 138 to 383 pages.
How long does it take to read The Wind's Twelve Quarters?
About 5 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Wind's Twelve Quarters?
Roughly 83,000 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)).