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How many pages is A history of God?

A history of God by Karen Armstrong has a median of 496 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 460 to 511 pages.

Median pages
496
5 editions counted
Range
460–511
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page

How long will A history of God take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
9 h 33 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

45047550052519951997200020021993: 511 pages1994: 460 pages1994: 511 pages1994: 496 pages2004: 460 pagesmedian 496
450475500525199520001993: 511 pages1994: 460 pages1994: 511 pages1994: 496 pages2004: 460 pagesmedian 496
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Gramercy Books–460OL3691584M
1994A.A. Knopf–460OL18200277M
1994Mandarin–511OL17912145M
1994Ballantine BooksPaperback496OL9700132M
1993Heinemann–511OL21514725M

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Questions

How many pages is A history of God?
About 496 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 460 to 511 pages.
How long does it take to read A history of God?
About 9 h 33 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is A history of God?
Roughly 136,000 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)).