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How many pages is Children of Time?

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky has a median of 624 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 608 to 629 pages.

Median pages
624
5 editions counted
Range
600–640
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
172k
at 275 words per page

How long will Children of Time 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
11 h
At 30 min a day
22 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

600620640201620182020202220242015: 608 pages2016: 600 pages2018: 640 pages2025: 629 pages2025: 624 pagesmedian 624
6006206402015202020252015: 608 pages2016: 600 pages2018: 640 pages2025: 629 pages2025: 624 pagesmedian 624
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
Hardcover618210 h 54 min
Paperback620210 h 56 min

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025OrbitSlipcase Hardcover629OL60562183M
2025Pan Macmillan–624OL57533064M
2018Orbitpaperback640OL27322146M
2016Pan BooksPaperback600OL26514524M
2015Torhardcover608OL28225222M

Questions

How many pages is Children of Time?
About 624 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 600 to 640 pages.
How long does it take to read Children of Time?
About 11 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 22 days.
How many words is Children of Time?
Roughly 172,000 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)).