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How many pages is Use of Weapons?

Use of Weapons by Iain Banks has a median of 400 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 370 to 433 pages.

Median pages
400
7 editions counted
Range
352–480
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
110k
at 275 words per page
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Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
7 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

35040045019901995200020051990: 352 pages1990: 400 pages1991: 371 pages1992: 434 pages1997: 368 pages2008: 432 pages2008: 480 pagesmedian 400
350400450199020001990: 352 pages1990: 400 pages1991: 371 pages1992: 434 pages1997: 368 pages2008: 432 pages2008: 480 pagesmedian 400
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 16 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Little, Brown Book Group Limited–432OL33414575M
2008OrbitPaperback480OL10426208M
1997Orbit–368OL22109755M
1992OrbitPaperback434OL8998733M
1991Orbit–371OL21647886M
1990OrbitHardcover352OL9339059M
1990OrbitBooks–400OL24744075M

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Questions

How many pages is Use of Weapons?
About 400 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 480 pages.
How long does it take to read Use of Weapons?
About 7 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Use of Weapons?
Roughly 110,000 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).