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Author · born 6 June 1923 · died 19 December 1986

V.C. Andrews books: page counts

15 books by V.C. Andrews with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
15
with page data
Longest
493
Gates of Paradise
Shortest
320
Dawn

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Flowers in the Attic (1979)411Petals on the Wind (1980)439If There Be Thorns (1981)374My Sweet Audrina (1982)382Seeds of Yesterday (1984)382Heaven (1985)440Dark Angel (1986)443Garden of Shadows (1987)376Fallen Hearts (1988)406Dawn (1990)320Web of Dreams (1990)426Secrets of the Morning (1991)405Pearl in the Mist (1994)374Ruby (1994)438Gates of Paradise (2007)493
Flowers in the Attic…411Petals on the Wind (…439If There Be Thorns (…374My Sweet Audrina (19…382Seeds of Yesterday (…382Heaven (1985)440Dark Angel (1986)443Garden of Shadows (1…376Fallen Hearts (1988)406Dawn (1990)320Web of Dreams (1990)426Secrets of the Morni…405Pearl in the Mist (1…374Ruby (1994)438Gates of Paradise (2…493
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Flowers in the Attic1979411286–5727 h 15 min
Petals on the Wind1980439345–6607 h 44 min
If There Be Thorns1981374276–4846 h 36 min
My Sweet Audrina1982382341–5606 h 44 min
Seeds of Yesterday1984382313–5266 h 44 min
Heaven1985440308–5817 h 45 min
Dark Angel1986443368–4887 h 49 min
Garden of Shadows1987376376–4646 h 38 min
Fallen Hearts1988406279–4597 h 09 min
Dawn1990320279–4925 h 38 min
Web of Dreams1990426347–5857 h 31 min
Secrets of the Morning1991405279–5337 h 08 min
Pearl in the Mist1994374373–5146 h 36 min
Ruby1994438428–5617 h 43 min
Gates of Paradise2007493311–5218 h 41 min

Reading all 15 takes about 107 h 41 min at average speed (6,109 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)).