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How many pages is Dragonsdawn?

Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey has a median of 431 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 396 to 462 pages.

Median pages
431
6 editions counted
Range
337–804
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
119k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Dragonsdawn 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
7 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060080019861988199019921988: 431 pages1988: 337 pages1988: 431 pages1989: 384 pages1990: 472 pages1991: 804 pagesmedian 431
4006008001987199019921988: 431 pages1988: 337 pages1988: 431 pages1989: 384 pages1990: 472 pages1991: 804 pagesmedian 431
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1991William A. Thomas Braille BookstoreHardcover804OL12194306M
1990Corgi–472OL18922220M
1989Ballantine Books Inc.Paperback384OL9718796M
1988Ballantine Books–431OL2062805M
1988Ballantine Books–337OL17838637M
1988Easton Press–431OL1797299M

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Questions

How many pages is Dragonsdawn?
About 431 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 337 to 804 pages.
How long does it take to read Dragonsdawn?
About 7 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Dragonsdawn?
Roughly 119,000 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).