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Book · by Dan Simmons · first published 2000

How many pages is Carrion Comfort?

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons has a median of 842 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 800 to 893 pages.

Median pages
842
6 editions counted
Range
636–992
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
15h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
232k
at 275 words per page

How long will Carrion Comfort 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
14 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
30 days
At 1 hour a day
15 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6008001,00019901995200020051989: 636 pages1990: 884 pages1990: 992 pages1990: 896 pages2009: 800 pages2009: 800 pagesmedian 842
6008001,000199020001989: 636 pages1990: 884 pages1990: 992 pages1990: 896 pages2009: 800 pages2009: 800 pagesmedian 842
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin–800OL23980359M
2009St. Martin's Press–800OL29579657M
1990Warner Books–884OL16736908M
1990Headline Feature–992OL22638463M
1990Grand Central Publishing–896OL7536080M
1989Dark Harvest–636OL1925424M

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Questions

How many pages is Carrion Comfort?
About 842 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 636 to 992 pages.
How long does it take to read Carrion Comfort?
About 14 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 30 days.
How many words is Carrion Comfort?
Roughly 232,000 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)).