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Book · by Isabel Allende · first published 2002

How many pages is City of the Beasts?

City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende has a median of 406 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 432 pages.

Median pages
406
9 editions counted
Range
224–453
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
112k
at 275 words per page

How long will City of the Beasts 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 09 min
At 30 min a day
15 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.

20030040020052010201520202002: 400 pages2002: 406 pages2002: 224 pages2003: 416 pages2004: 406 pages2004: 346 pages2005: 453 pages2021: 432 pages2021: 432 pagesmedian 406
200300400201020202002: 400 pages2002: 406 pages2002: 224 pages2003: 416 pages2004: 406 pages2004: 346 pages2005: 453 pages2021: 432 pages2021: 432 pagesmedian 406
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 60 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021HarperCollins Publishers–432OL30014367M
2021HarperCollins Publishers–432OL29966794M
2005RayoPaperback453OL9236224M
2004Rayo/HarperTrophy–406OL23104001M
2004Charnwood–346OL35369866M
2003HarperCollins Publishers Australia–416OL28427924M
2002HarperCollinsPaperback400OL9232164M
2002HarperCollins–406OL3559662M

More by Isabel Allende

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Questions

How many pages is City of the Beasts?
About 406 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 224 to 453 pages.
How long does it take to read City of the Beasts?
About 7 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is City of the Beasts?
Roughly 112,000 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)).