Book · by Patrick Rothfuss
How many pages is The Wise Man’s Fear?
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss has a median of 1,000 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 994 to 1,008 pages.
How long will The Wise Man’s Fear take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 994 | 2 | 17 h 31 min |
| Paperback | 1,004 | 2 | 17 h 42 min |
Editions counted
The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 1,008 | OL29386367M |
| 2012 | Daw Books | Paperback | 1,000 | OL26114523M |
| 2011 | Gollancz | Paperback | 1,008 | OL26111096M |
| 2011 | DAW Books | Hardcover | 994 | OL25880760M |
| 2011 | Gollancz | Hardback | 993 | OL24611739M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Wise Man’s Fear?
- About 1,000 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 993 to 1,008 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Wise Man’s Fear?
- About 17 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 36 days.
- How many words is The Wise Man’s Fear?
- Roughly 275,000 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)).