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How many pages is Count Zero?

Count Zero by William Gibson has a median of 278 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 269 to 335 pages.

Median pages
278
5 editions counted
Range
246–335
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Count Zero 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
4 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

250300198619881990199219941986: 269 pages1986: 278 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 335 pages1995: 335 pagesmedian 278
250300199019951986: 269 pages1986: 278 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 335 pages1995: 335 pagesmedian 278
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1995Voyager–335OL20872548M
1987Berkley Publishing Group–246OL15200007M
1987Grafton–335OL17380010M
1986Gollancz–269OL15069055M
1986Arbor House–278OL2546755M

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Questions

How many pages is Count Zero?
About 278 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 246 to 335 pages.
How long does it take to read Count Zero?
About 4 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Count Zero?
Roughly 76,000 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).