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How many pages is Dragondrums?

Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey has a median of 242 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 204 to 246 pages.

Median pages
242
12 editions counted
Range
193–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Dragondrums 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 15 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

20025030019801990200020101979: 240 pages1979: 240 pages1980: 208 pages1980: 193 pages1980: 193 pages1982: 193 pages1999: 304 pages2003: 243 pages2003: 256 pages2008: 243 pages2012: 288 pages2015: 243 pagesmedian 241
200250300198020001979: 240 pages1979: 240 pages1980: 208 pages1980: 193 pages1980: 193 pages1982: 193 pages1999: 304 pages2003: 243 pages2003: 256 pages2008: 243 pages2012: 288 pages2015: 243 pagesmedian 241
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Saga Press–243OL30869201M
2012Transworld Publishers Limited–288OL33437843M
2008Simon Pulse–243OL23145821M
2003Simon Pulse–243OL3575355M
2003Aladdin PaperbacksPaperback256OL7730402M
1999G.K. Hall–304OL388682M
1982Perfection Learning PreboundSchool & Library Binding193OL9646578M
1980SpectraMass Market Paperback208OL7822815M

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Questions

How many pages is Dragondrums?
About 242 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 193 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read Dragondrums?
About 4 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Dragondrums?
Roughly 66,000 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).