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How many pages is Drums of Autumn?

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon has a median of 1,070 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 880 to 1,200 pages.

Median pages
1,070
9 editions counted
Range
525–1,200
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
19h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
294k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Drums of Autumn 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
18 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
38 days
At 1 hour a day
19 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5007501,0001,25020002005201020151997: 1,185 pages1997: 880 pages1997: 880 pages1997: 1,070 pages2001: 896 pages2011: 1,200 pages2014: 525 pages2015: 1,200 pages2018: 1,200 pagesmedian 1,070
5007501,0001,250200020101997: 1,185 pages1997: 880 pages1997: 880 pages1997: 1,070 pages2001: 896 pages2011: 1,200 pages2014: 525 pages2015: 1,200 pages2018: 1,200 pagesmedian 1,070
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Penguin Random House–1,200OL28706032M
2015Penguin Random House–1,200OL28560182M
2014Random House Publishing Group–525OL34497138M
2011Penguin Random House–1,200OL34461315M
2001Delta–896OL7439364M
1997Arrow–1,185OL20667330M
1997Delacorte Press–880OL976890M
1997Century–880OL18388702M

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Questions

How many pages is Drums of Autumn?
About 1,070 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 525 to 1,200 pages.
How long does it take to read Drums of Autumn?
About 18 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 38 days.
How many words is Drums of Autumn?
Roughly 294,000 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).