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Book · by Dean Koontz · first published 1990

How many pages is Darkness Comes?

Darkness Comes by Dean Koontz has a median of 351 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 351 to 352 pages.

Median pages
351
9 editions counted
Range
289–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
97k
at 275 words per page

How long will Darkness Comes 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 11 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.

3003501990200020101984: 384 pages1984: 351 pages1984: 351 pages1984: 351 pages1990: 352 pages1991: 351 pages1998: 289 pages2007: 374 pages2016: 352 pagesmedian 351
30035020001984: 384 pages1984: 351 pages1984: 351 pages1984: 351 pages1990: 352 pages1991: 351 pages1998: 289 pages2007: 374 pages2016: 352 pagesmedian 351
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Headline–352OL29313787M
2007Berkley–374OL7505738M
1998Literary Express–289OL6898883M
1991HEADLINEHorror351OL16404585M
1990HeadlineHardcover352OL9512753M
1984Berkley Books–384OL7502849M
1984W.H. Allen–351OL15011280M
1984W.H. Allen–351OL2580271M

More by Dean Koontz

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Questions

How many pages is Darkness Comes?
About 351 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 289 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read Darkness Comes?
About 6 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Darkness Comes?
Roughly 97,000 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)).