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How many pages is Abhorsen?

Abhorsen by Garth Nix has a median of 368 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 358 to 396 pages.

Median pages
368
5 editions counted
Range
352–518
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Abhorsen 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 29 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.

4005002003200420052006200720082003: 358 pages2004: 352 pages2004: 518 pages2004: 396 pages2008: 368 pagesmedian 368
4005002004200620082003: 358 pages2004: 352 pages2004: 518 pages2004: 396 pages2008: 368 pagesmedian 368
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008EosPaperback368OL9952941M
2004Eos–352OL7279495M
2004Eos–518OL24967470M
2004HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks–396OL27014165M
2003HarperCollinsPublishers–358OL3552576M

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Questions

How many pages is Abhorsen?
About 368 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 518 pages.
How long does it take to read Abhorsen?
About 6 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Abhorsen?
Roughly 101,000 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).