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How many pages is Eaters of the Dead?

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton has a median of 201 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 193 to 240 pages.

Median pages
201
9 editions counted
Range
141–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
55k
at 275 words per page

How long will Eaters of the Dead 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 33 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.

2003001980199020001976: 185 pages1976: 193 pages1977: 201 pages1977: 217 pages1978: 141 pages1988: 278 pages1993: 199 pages1999: 240 pages2006: 304 pagesmedian 201
2003001980199020001976: 185 pages1976: 193 pages1977: 201 pages1977: 217 pages1978: 141 pages1988: 278 pages1993: 199 pages1999: 240 pages2006: 304 pagesmedian 201
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
Hardcover21623 h 49 min
Mass market21733 h 50 min

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006AvonMass Market Paperback304OL9238415M
1999CharnwoodHardcover240OL9386871M
1993Ballantine BooksTrade Paperback199OL1447982M
1988Ballantine Books–278OL24833469M
1978Triad Press–141OL34418747M
1977Bantam Booksmass market paperback201OL46523467M
1977Bantam BooksMass Market Paperback217OL7817231M
1976Cape–185OL21191113M

More by Michael Crichton

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Questions

How many pages is Eaters of the Dead?
About 201 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 141 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read Eaters of the Dead?
About 3 h 33 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Eaters of the Dead?
Roughly 55,000 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)).