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Book · by Tamora Pierce · first published 1983

How many pages is Alanna?

Alanna by Tamora Pierce has a median of 240 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 227 to 241 pages.

Median pages
240
12 editions counted
Range
192–274
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will Alanna 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
4 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250199020001983: 241 pages1983: 241 pages1983: 241 pages1984: 192 pages1989: 216 pages1989: 231 pages1997: 216 pages2002: 240 pages2005: 274 pages2005: 274 pages2009: 240 pagesmedian 240
200250199020001983: 241 pages1983: 241 pages1983: 241 pages1984: 192 pages1989: 216 pages1989: 231 pages1997: 216 pages2002: 240 pages2005: 274 pages2005: 274 pages2009: 240 pagesmedian 240
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover24024 h 14 min
Mass market24524 h 19 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 38 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Simon Pulse–240OL33975238M
2005Simon PulseMass Market Paperback274OL7731226M
2005Simon Pulse–274OL3475361M
2002AtheneumHardcover240OL7730094M
1997Random House–216OL17067306M
1989Random House Books for Young ReadersMass Market Paperback216OL7701482M
1989Borzoi Sprinters–231OL24506760M
1984Oxford University Press–192OL22553750M

More by Tamora Pierce

All 9 books by Tamora Pierce with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Alanna?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 274 pages.
How long does it take to read Alanna?
About 4 h 14 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Alanna?
Roughly 66,000 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)).