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How many pages is Children of Dune?

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert has a median of 432 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 409 to 444 pages.

Median pages
432
11 editions counted
Range
408–624
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
119k
at 275 words per page
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Series in order

How long will Children of Dune 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
7 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40050060019801990200020101976: 444 pages1976: 444 pages1976: 444 pages1976: 408 pages1977: 410 pages1977: 408 pages1978: 426 pages1987: 408 pages2003: 432 pages2008: 432 pages2019: 624 pagesmedian 432
400500600198020001976: 444 pages1976: 444 pages1976: 444 pages1976: 408 pages1977: 410 pages1977: 408 pages1978: 426 pages1987: 408 pages2003: 432 pages2008: 432 pages2019: 624 pagesmedian 432
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
Hardcover42127 h 25 min
Paperback43237 h 37 min

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 77 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Acepaperback624OL27284693M
2008Ace HardcoverHardcover432OL10256229M
2003GollanczPaperback432OL7878772M
1987AcePaperback408OL7524870M
1978New English Library–426OL18121723M
1977Berkley BooksHardcover410OL24935059M
1977Berkley Publishing–408OL15037315M
1976Berkley Pub. Corp. : distributed by Putnam–444OL5213852M

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Questions

How many pages is Children of Dune?
About 432 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 408 to 624 pages.
How long does it take to read Children of Dune?
About 7 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Children of Dune?
Roughly 119,000 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).