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Book · by Arthur C. Clarke · first published 1997

How many pages is 3001?

3001 by Arthur C. Clarke has a median of 279 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 265 to 290 pages.

Median pages
279
6 editions counted
Range
263–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
77k
at 275 words per page

How long will 3001 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 55 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.

2602803002000200520101997: 263 pages1997: 272 pages1997: 304 pages1998: 286 pages1999: 263 pages2012: 292 pagesmedian 279
2602803002000200520101997: 263 pages1997: 272 pages1997: 304 pages1998: 286 pages1999: 263 pages2012: 292 pagesmedian 279
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012RosettaBooks–292OL29463696M
1999Ballantine Books–263OL22860959M
1998Charnwood–286OL32074689M
1997Ballantine Books–263OL1009457M
1997HarperCollins–272OL16943374M
1997G.K. Hall–304OL665200M

More by Arthur C. Clarke

All 9 books by Arthur C. Clarke with page counts

Questions

How many pages is 3001?
About 279 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 263 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read 3001?
About 4 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is 3001?
Roughly 77,000 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)).