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How many pages is Children of the Mind?

Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card has a median of 361 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 352 to 380 pages.

Median pages
361
6 editions counted
Range
349–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
99k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Children of the Mind 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
6 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3403603804002000200520101996: 352 pages1996: 349 pages1996: 370 pages1997: 384 pages2002: 352 pages2011: 400 pagesmedian 361
3403603804002000200520101996: 352 pages1996: 349 pages1996: 370 pages1997: 384 pages2002: 352 pages2011: 400 pagesmedian 361
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
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–400OL33429568M
2002Tor BooksPaperback352OL8053358M
1997TorMass Market Paperback384OL9376736M
1996Tor BooksHardcover352OL9707891M
1996Tor–349OL815675M
1996Tor–370OL22597353M

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Questions

How many pages is Children of the Mind?
About 361 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 349 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read Children of the Mind?
About 6 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Children of the Mind?
Roughly 99,000 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).