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How many pages is Dragonsong?

Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey has a median of 202 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 184 to 208 pages.

Median pages
202
15 editions counted
Range
176–256
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
56k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Dragonsong 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
3 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20025019801990200020101976: 202 pages1976: 202 pages1976: 192 pages1977: 176 pages1977: 176 pages1977: 176 pages1979: 194 pages1998: 253 pages1999: 176 pages2003: 208 pages2003: 192 pages2003: 208 pages2005: 208 pages2006: 208 pages2015: 256 pagesmedian 202
200250198020001976: 202 pages1976: 202 pages1976: 192 pages1977: 176 pages1977: 176 pages1977: 176 pages1979: 194 pages1998: 253 pages1999: 176 pages2003: 208 pages2003: 192 pages2003: 208 pages2005: 208 pages2006: 208 pages2015: 256 pagesmedian 202
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover18423 h 15 min
Paperback20833 h 40 min
Mass market19223 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers–256OL28820097M
2006AladdinPaperback208OL8458468M
2005AladdinPaperback208OL8457843M
2003AladdinPaperback208OL7730404M
2003Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding192OL9570801M
2003Simon PulseMass Market Paperback208OL7730411M
1999Econo-Clad BooksLibrary binding176OL8136441M
1998G.K. Hall–253OL696364M

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Questions

How many pages is Dragonsong?
About 202 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 176 to 256 pages.
How long does it take to read Dragonsong?
About 3 h 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Dragonsong?
Roughly 56,000 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).