Love Books Daily

Book · by Khaled Hosseini

How many pages is A Thousand Splendid Suns?

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini has a median of 384 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 372 to 448 pages.

Median pages
384
12 editions counted
Range
372–630
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Thousand Splendid Suns 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 46 min
At 30 min a day
14 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.

4005006002006200820102007: 372 pages2007: 496 pages2007: 630 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 448 pages2008: 412 pages2008: 448 pages2009: 372 pagesmedian 384
4005006002006200820102007: 372 pages2007: 496 pages2007: 630 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 384 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 448 pages2008: 412 pages2008: 448 pages2009: 372 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover44837 h 54 min
Paperback38436 h 46 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Riverhead Books–372OL23643496M
2008Bloomsbury UKpaperback412OL27284697M
2008Riverhead BooksMass Market Paperback448OL26328179M
2007Bloomsbury–372OL25548162M
2007Howes Limited, W. F.–496OL35490297M
2007Riverhead BooksHardcover630OL26650436M
2007Viking Canada–372OL19926765M
2007Brand: Riverhead Booksperfect paperback384OL39477397M

More by Khaled Hosseini

All 3 books by Khaled Hosseini with page counts

Questions

How many pages is A Thousand Splendid Suns?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 372 to 630 pages.
How long does it take to read A Thousand Splendid Suns?
About 6 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is A Thousand Splendid Suns?
Roughly 106,000 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)).