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Author · born 16 December 1917 · died 19 March 2008

Arthur C. Clarke books: page counts

9 books by Arthur C. Clarke with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
9
with page data
Longest
420
Rama II
Shortest
220
Childhood's End

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Childhood's End (1952)220Rendezvous with Rama (1953)2752010, Odyssey Two (1982)311The Songs of Distant Earth (1986)2412061 (1987)279Rama II (1989)4202001 (1994)2273001 (1997)279The Fountains of Paradise261
Childhood's End (195…220Rendezvous with Rama…2752010, Odyssey Two (1…311The Songs of Distant…2412061 (1987)279Rama II (1989)4202001 (1994)2273001 (1997)279The Fountains of Par…261
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Childhood's End1952220189–2723 h 53 min
Rendezvous with Rama1953275214–4414 h 51 min
2010, Odyssey Two1982312216–3715 h 29 min
The Songs of Distant Earth1986241182–3364 h 15 min
20611987279206–3084 h 55 min
Rama II1989420377–5127 h 24 min
20011994228221–3254 h 01 min
30011997279263–3044 h 55 min
The Fountains of Paradise–261234–5144 h 36 min

Reading all 9 takes about 44 h 19 min at average speed (2,514 pages).

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)).