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How many pages is Eldest?

Eldest by Christopher Paolini has a median of 704 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 680 to 705 pages.

Median pages
704
7 editions counted
Range
679–736
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
194k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Eldest 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
12 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
25 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6757007257502004200620082005: 681 pages2005: 704 pages2006: 706 pages2006: 736 pages2007: 679 pages2007: 704 pages2007: 679 pagesmedian 704
6757007257502004200620082005: 681 pages2005: 704 pages2006: 706 pages2006: 736 pages2007: 679 pages2007: 704 pages2007: 679 pagesmedian 704
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 73 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Alfred A. Knopf–679OL24646315M
2007Alfred A. KnopfPaperback704OL7815589M
2007Alfred A. Knopf–679OL23124801M
2006Alfred A. Knopf–706OL23942896M
2006Knopf Books for Young Readers–736OL7430003M
2005Alfred A. Knopf–681OL3396812M
2005Knopf Books for Young Readers–704OL7429822M

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Questions

How many pages is Eldest?
About 704 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 679 to 736 pages.
How long does it take to read Eldest?
About 12 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 25 days.
How many words is Eldest?
Roughly 194,000 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).