Book · by George R. R. Martin · first published 1996
How many pages is A Game of Thrones?
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin has a median of 820 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 708 to 835 pages.
How long will A Game of Thrones take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 835 | 7 | 14 h 43 min |
| Paperback | 720 | 7 | 12 h 42 min |
| Mass market | 835 | 3 | 14 h 43 min |
Editions counted
The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 136 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bantam Books | Trade Paperback | 720 | OL26425675M |
| 2016 | Bantam Books | Hardcover | 881 | OL26425706M |
| 2016 | Harper Voyager | Hardcover | 896 | OL26425709M |
| 2015 | Bantam Books | Hardcover | 835 | OL32664646M |
| 2013 | Turtleback Books | Library Binding | 835 | OL26641908M |
| 2012 | Harper Voyager | Paperback | 801 | OL32670252M |
| 2011 | Harper Voyager | Paperback | 806 | OL32666278M |
| 2011 | Bantam Books | – | 835 | OL60288606M |
| 2011 | Bantam Books | Paperback | 704 | OL7826547M |
| 2011 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 835 | OL27912393M |
| 2005 | Spectra | Mass Market Paperback | 835 | OL7830295M |
| 2005 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 864 | OL7830296M |
| 2003 | Voyaer | Paperback | 672 | OL60616966M |
| 2002 | Meisha Merlin Pub (P) | Hardcover | 776 | OL8718362M |
| 2000 | BCA | – | 710 | OL58636603M |
| 1998 | Voyager | Paperback | 704 | OL9213872M |
| 1997 | Bantam Books | – | 835 | OL20507908M |
| 1996 | BCA | Hardcover | 694 | OL17217841M |
| 1996 | Bantam Spectra (US) Voyager Books (UK) | Paperback | 913 | OL26724040M |
| 1996 | Voyager / HarperCollins | Hardcover | 672 | OL7255733M |
More by George R. R. Martin
- 764 pagesA Clash of Kings
- 976 pagesA Storm of Swords
- 864 pagesA Feast for Crows
- 1,048 pagesA Dance With Dragons
All 5 books by George R. R. Martin with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is A Game of Thrones?
- About 820 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 672 to 913 pages.
- How long does it take to read A Game of Thrones?
- About 14 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 29 days.
- How many words is A Game of Thrones?
- Roughly 226,000 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).