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Book · by George R. R. Martin · first published 2004

How many pages is A Dance With Dragons?

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin has a median of 1,048 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 1,022 to 1,056 pages.

Median pages
1,048
6 editions counted
Range
704–1,216
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
18h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
288k
at 275 words per page
Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire
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How long will A Dance With Dragons 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
18 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
37 days
At 1 hour a day
19 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

8001,0001,20020082010201220142008: 704 pages2011: 1,016 pages2011: 1,040 pages2012: 1,216 pages2013: 1,056 pages2015: 1,056 pagesmedian 1,048
8001,0001,2002010201220152008: 704 pages2011: 1,016 pages2011: 1,040 pages2012: 1,216 pages2013: 1,056 pages2015: 1,056 pagesmedian 1,048
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Random House Publishing Group–1,056OL28801639M
2013Bantam Books–1,056OL26018143M
2012Harper VoyagerPaperback (A-Format)1,216OL58051896M
2011Bantam Books–1,016OL24727852M
2011Harper VoyagerHardcover1,040OL25229207M
2008Bantam Books–704OL22038100M

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Questions

How many pages is A Dance With Dragons?
About 1,048 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 704 to 1,216 pages.
How long does it take to read A Dance With Dragons?
About 18 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 37 days.
How many words is A Dance With Dragons?
Roughly 288,000 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).