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Author · born October 23, 1942 · died November 4, 2008

Michael Crichton books: page counts

12 books by Michael Crichton with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
12
with page data
Longest
680
State of Fear
Shortest
201
Eaters of the Dead

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

A Case of Need319Airframe431Congo348Eaters of the Dead201Jurassic Park400Next473Prey474Sphere385State of Fear680The Andromeda Strain294The Lost World430Timeline496
A Case of Need319Airframe431Congo348Eaters of the Dead201Jurassic Park400Next473Prey474Sphere385State of Fear680The Andromeda Strain294The Lost World430Timeline496
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
A Case of Need–319243–4325 h 37 min
Airframe–431351–5447 h 36 min
Congo–348301–4966 h 08 min
Eaters of the Dead–201141–3043 h 33 min
Jurassic Park–400399–6197 h 03 min
Next–473400–6299 h 07 min
Prey–474367–6349 h 08 min
Sphere–385335–6926 h 47 min
State of Fear–680320–89711 h 59 min
The Andromeda Strain–294252–6085 h 11 min
The Lost World–430393–6087 h 35 min
Timeline–496450–7558 h 45 min

Reading all 12 takes about 88 h 28 min at average speed (4,931 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)).