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How many pages is All the Light We Cannot See?

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr has a median of 544 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 544 pages.

Median pages
544
11 editions counted
Range
531–771
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
150k
at 275 words per page

How long will All the Light We Cannot See 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
9 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50060070080020122014201620182014: 531 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 771 pages2015: 544 pages2015: 544 pages2017: 544 pagesmedian 544
5006007008002012201520172014: 531 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 771 pages2015: 544 pages2015: 544 pages2017: 544 pagesmedian 544
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 72 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017ScribnerPaperback544OL50521984M
2015Fourth Estate–544OL28537917M
2015HarperCollins Publishers Limited–544OL34514830M
2014Scribner–531OL25448787M
2014HarperCollins Publishers Limited–544OL34505671M
2014HarperCollins Publishers Limited–544OL34492940M
2014HarperCollins Publishers Limited–544OL34496511M
2014Fourth Estate–544OL34490111M

Questions

How many pages is All the Light We Cannot See?
About 544 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 531 to 771 pages.
How long does it take to read All the Light We Cannot See?
About 9 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is All the Light We Cannot See?
Roughly 150,000 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)).