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Book · by Octavia E. Butler · first published 1987

How many pages is Dawn?

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler has a median of 256 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 248 to 268 pages.

Median pages
256
7 editions counted
Range
248–522
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Dawn 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 31 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.

300400500199019952000200520101987: 264 pages1988: 248 pages1988: 272 pages1989: 256 pages1997: 248 pages1997: 248 pages2012: 522 pagesmedian 256
3004005001990200020101987: 264 pages1988: 248 pages1988: 272 pages1989: 256 pages1997: 248 pages1997: 248 pages2012: 522 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 20 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Open Road Integrated Media–522OL44029339M
1997Warner Books–248OL3667424M
1997Warner Books–248OL24736788M
1989Grand Central Publishing–256OL7534920M
1988Warner Books–248OL15369730M
1988Victor Gollancz–272OL27046531M
1987Warner Books–264OL2377782M

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Questions

How many pages is Dawn?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 248 to 522 pages.
How long does it take to read Dawn?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Dawn?
Roughly 70,000 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).