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How many pages is Dune Messiah?

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert has a median of 256 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 222 to 286 pages.

Median pages
256
22 editions counted
Range
181–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Dune Messiah 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 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

2003001980200020201969: 220 pages1969: 220 pages1969: 256 pages1970: 256 pages1971: 256 pages1975: 222 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 279 pages1975: 256 pages1977: 222 pages1978: 222 pages1978: 222 pages1980: 278 pages1984: 181 pages1987: 329 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 304 pages2017: 304 pages2019: 352 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 256
2003001980200020201969: 220 pages1969: 220 pages1969: 256 pages1970: 256 pages1971: 256 pages1975: 222 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 279 pages1975: 256 pages1977: 222 pages1978: 222 pages1978: 222 pages1980: 278 pages1984: 181 pages1987: 329 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 304 pages2017: 304 pages2019: 352 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 256
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
Hardcover22033 h 53 min
Paperback27624 h 51 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 101 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Publishing Group–304OL29887750M
2019AceMass Market Paperback352OL28914400M
2017Hodder & Stoughton–304OL29328221M
2008Ace HardcoverHardcover288OL10256217M
2008Hodder & Stoughton–304OL53238344M
1987AcePaperback329OL7525229M
1984Gollancz–181OL21657939M
1980Berkley Books–278OL23744116M

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Questions

How many pages is Dune Messiah?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 181 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Dune Messiah?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Dune Messiah?
Roughly 70,000 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).