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How many pages is Brisingr?

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini has a median of 774 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 763 to 796 pages.

Median pages
774
6 editions counted
Range
748–1,000
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
213k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Brisingr 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
13 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
28 days
At 1 hour a day
14 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

8009001,00020062008201020122008: 748 pages2008: 763 pages2009: 784 pages2009: 763 pages2010: 800 pages2010: 1,000 pagesmedian 773
8009001,00020062008201020122008: 748 pages2008: 763 pages2009: 784 pages2009: 763 pages2010: 800 pages2010: 1,000 pagesmedian 773
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover874215 h 24 min
Paperback782213 h 47 min

Editions counted

The 6 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 53 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Knopf Books for Young ReadersPaperback800OL24087700M
2010lebronHardcover, Paperback1,000OL28027005M
2009Penguin Random House–784OL28433035M
2009Alfred A. Knopf–763OL31160349M
2008Knopf Books for Young ReadersHardcover748OL10751961M
2008Doubledayperfect paperback763OL27301994M

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Questions

How many pages is Brisingr?
About 774 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 748 to 1,000 pages.
How long does it take to read Brisingr?
About 13 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 28 days.
How many words is Brisingr?
Roughly 213,000 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).