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How many pages is Dragonquest?

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey has a median of 333 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 310 to 351 pages.

Median pages
333
14 editions counted
Range
304–448
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
5 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3003504004501980200020201971: 333 pages1971: 333 pages1973: 304 pages1974: 304 pages1975: 333 pages1976: 304 pages1978: 351 pages1978: 330 pages1979: 351 pages1980: 304 pages1986: 351 pages1987: 351 pages1999: 330 pages2025: 448 pagesmedian 333
3003504004501980200020201971: 333 pages1971: 333 pages1973: 304 pages1974: 304 pages1975: 333 pages1976: 304 pages1978: 351 pages1978: 330 pages1979: 351 pages1980: 304 pages1986: 351 pages1987: 351 pages1999: 330 pages2025: 448 pagesmedian 333
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 56 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Penguin Books, Limited–448OL57516758M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding330OL7973625M
1987Ballantine Books–351OL24935121M
1986Ballantine Books–351OL22009772M
1980Sphere–304OL17452559M
1979Ballantine Books–351OL4731399M
1978Del Reymass market paperback351OL35262631M
1978Ballantine Books–330OL3547195M

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Questions

How many pages is Dragonquest?
About 333 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 304 to 448 pages.
How long does it take to read Dragonquest?
About 5 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Dragonquest?
Roughly 92,000 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).