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Book · by Tamora Pierce · first published 1986

How many pages is The Woman Who Rides Like a Man?

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce has a median of 262 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 234 to 281 pages.

Median pages
262
10 editions counted
Range
228–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Woman Who Rides Like a Man 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
4 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

2252502753001990200020101986: 253 pages1990: 263 pages1992: 272 pages1997: 228 pages1997: 228 pages1998: 228 pages2005: 284 pages2009: 304 pages2011: 260 pages2014: 288 pagesmedian 261
2252502753001990200020101986: 253 pages1990: 263 pages1992: 272 pages1997: 228 pages1997: 228 pages1998: 228 pages2005: 284 pages2009: 304 pages2011: 260 pages2014: 288 pagesmedian 261
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–288OL28825264M
2011Atheneum Books for Young Readers–260OL25158301M
2009Simon Pulse–304OL33982201M
2005Simon Pulse–284OL3475362M
1998Scholastic–228OL18656568M
1997Random House–228OL24504062M
1997Random House–228OL24844614M
1992Red Fox–272OL17417312M

More by Tamora Pierce

All 9 books by Tamora Pierce with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Woman Who Rides Like a Man?
About 262 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 228 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read The Woman Who Rides Like a Man?
About 4 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Woman Who Rides Like a Man?
Roughly 72,000 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)).