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How many pages is A Spell for Chameleon?

A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony has a median of 344 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 344 pages.

Median pages
344
10 editions counted
Range
334–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
95k
at 275 words per page
Book 1 of Xanth
Series in order

How long will A Spell for Chameleon 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
6 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

35040019801990200020101977: 344 pages1977: 344 pages1977: 344 pages1981: 344 pages1984: 334 pages1984: 344 pages1987: 352 pages1994: 344 pages1999: 344 pages2019: 416 pagesmedian 344
350400198020001977: 344 pages1977: 344 pages1977: 344 pages1981: 344 pages1984: 334 pages1984: 344 pages1987: 352 pages1994: 344 pages1999: 344 pages2019: 416 pagesmedian 344
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Random House Publishing Group–416OL28729321M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding344OL8136329M
1994Orbit–344OL15187014M
1987Del ReyMass Market Paperback352OL9320917M
1984Macdonald–334OL15013558M
1984FuturaPaperback344OL17177131M
1981Del ReyMass Market Paperback344OL10683952M
1977Ballantine Books–344OL3388682M

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Questions

How many pages is A Spell for Chameleon?
About 344 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 334 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read A Spell for Chameleon?
About 6 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is A Spell for Chameleon?
Roughly 95,000 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).