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How many pages is A Breath of Snow and Ashes?

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon has a median of 1,202 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 979 to 1,424 pages.

Median pages
1,202
6 editions counted
Range
979–1,456
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
21h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
330k
at 275 words per page
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How long will A Breath of Snow and Ashes 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
21 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
43 days
At 1 hour a day
22 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1,0001,2001,400200620082010201220142005: 979 pages2005: 979 pages2005: 979 pages2008: 1,456 pages2011: 1,424 pages2015: 1,424 pagesmedian 1,201
1,0001,2001,4002005201020152005: 979 pages2005: 979 pages2005: 979 pages2008: 1,456 pages2011: 1,424 pages2015: 1,424 pagesmedian 1,201
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Penguin Random House–1,424OL28560183M
2011Penguin Random House–1,424OL34461328M
2008DellMass Market Paperback1,456OL9610252M
2005Doubleday Canada–979OL21608946M
2005Delacorte Press–979OL23274009M
2005Delacorte PressHardcover979OL3427710M

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Questions

How many pages is A Breath of Snow and Ashes?
About 1,202 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 979 to 1,456 pages.
How long does it take to read A Breath of Snow and Ashes?
About 21 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 43 days.
How many words is A Breath of Snow and Ashes?
Roughly 330,000 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).