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Book · by Robin Hobb · first published 1997

How many pages is Assassin's Quest?

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb has a median of 692 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 666 to 802 pages.

Median pages
692
7 editions counted
Range
592–854
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
190k
at 275 words per page

How long will Assassin's Quest 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
12 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
25 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

60070080020002005201020151997: 640 pages1997: 692 pages1997: 592 pages1998: 848 pages1998: 757 pages1998: 692 pages2017: 854 pagesmedian 692
600700800200020101997: 640 pages1997: 692 pages1997: 592 pages1998: 848 pages1998: 757 pages1998: 692 pages2017: 854 pagesmedian 692
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–854OL35522242M
1998VoyagerPaperback848OL9213879M
1998SpectraMass Market Paperback757OL7829309M
1998Bantam Books–692OL22949080M
1997Voyager–640OL17300614M
1997Bantam Books–692OL1003016M
1997Bantam Dell Pub Group (P)Paperback592OL9838481M

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Questions

How many pages is Assassin's Quest?
About 692 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 592 to 854 pages.
How long does it take to read Assassin's Quest?
About 12 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 25 days.
How many words is Assassin's Quest?
Roughly 190,000 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)).