Book · by Arthur C. Clarke · first published 1952
How many pages is Childhood's End?
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke has a median of 220 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 214 to 226 pages.
How long will Childhood's End take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 81 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pan Macmillan | – | 272 | OL26852505M |
| 2012 | RosettaBooks | – | 258 | OL27082494M |
| 2010 | Tor | Paperback | 256 | OL27082487M |
| 2001 | Gollancz | Hardcover | 208 | OL7878625M |
| 2001 | Del Rey Impact | – | 240 | OL6800378M |
| 1995 | Del Rey | – | 212 | OL17134552M |
| 1991 | Ballantine Books | – | 218 | OL18308589M |
| 1987 | Del Rey | Mass Market Paperback | 224 | OL9655772M |
| 1974 | Ballantine Books | – | 218 | OL24203209M |
| 1972 | Ballantine | – | 222 | OL50544387M |
| 1970 | Ballantine Books | – | 222 | OL49977335M |
| 1966 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 216 | OL43756243M |
| 1964 | Ballantine Books | – | 222 | OL21171592M |
| 1963 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 216 | OL5874200M |
| 1956 | Pan Books | – | 189 | OL22578706M |
| 1954 | Sidgwick and Jackson | – | 253 | OL434998M |
| 1954 | Pan Books | – | 200 | OL22641020M |
| 1953 | Ballantine Books | – | 214 | OL49977297M |
| 1953 | Ballantine Books | – | 214 | OL6136578M |
| 1953 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 220 | OL24937563M |
| 1952 | – | – | 226 | OL58753875M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Childhood's End?
- About 220 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 189 to 272 pages.
- How long does it take to read Childhood's End?
- About 3 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is Childhood's End?
- Roughly 60,000 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)).