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Book · by Octavia E. Butler · first published 1988

How many pages is Adulthood Rites?

Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler has a median of 288 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 277 to 296 pages.

Median pages
288
7 editions counted
Range
277–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Adulthood Rites 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
5 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

280300199019952000200520101988: 277 pages1988: 277 pages1989: 288 pages1989: 288 pages1997: 277 pages1997: 304 pages2012: 304 pagesmedian 288
2803001990200020101988: 277 pages1988: 277 pages1989: 288 pages1989: 288 pages1997: 277 pages1997: 304 pages2012: 304 pagesmedian 288
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 22 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–304OL52592810M
1997Warner–277OL22370300M
1997Aspect–304OL7537436M
1989VGSF–288OL15069213M
1989Grand Central Publishing–288OL7534937M
1988Warner Books–277OL21441531M
1988Warner Books–277OL2404018M

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Questions

How many pages is Adulthood Rites?
About 288 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 277 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read Adulthood Rites?
About 5 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Adulthood Rites?
Roughly 79,000 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).