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How many pages is Ender's Game?

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card has a median of 328 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 324 to 357 pages.

Median pages
328
26 editions counted
Range
226–394
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
90k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Ender's Game 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
5 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30040019902000201020201985: 357 pages1985: 357 pages1986: 357 pages1986: 357 pages1991: 324 pages1991: 394 pages1992: 226 pages1992: 357 pages1993: 226 pages1994: 324 pages1994: 324 pages1999: 349 pages1999: 352 pages2001: 384 pages2002: 324 pages2002: 330 pages2005: 324 pages2006: 256 pages2008: 324 pages2010: 256 pages2012: 329 pages2013: 326 pages2013: 380 pages2013: 326 pages2014: 384 pages2021: 324 pagesmedian 327
300400200020201985: 357 pages1985: 357 pages1986: 357 pages1986: 357 pages1991: 324 pages1991: 394 pages1992: 226 pages1992: 357 pages1993: 226 pages1994: 324 pages1994: 324 pages1999: 349 pages1999: 352 pages2001: 384 pages2002: 324 pages2002: 330 pages2005: 324 pages2006: 256 pages2008: 324 pages2010: 256 pages2012: 329 pages2013: 326 pages2013: 380 pages2013: 326 pages2014: 384 pages2021: 324 pagesmedian 327
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
Hardcover33055 h 49 min
Paperback32885 h 46 min
Mass market32475 h 43 min

Editions counted

The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 105 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Tormass market paperback324OL33023096M
2014Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–384OL28790001M
2013OrbitPaperback326OL28280060M
2013Torpaperback380OL28230774M
2013ATOMPaperback326OL8770768M
2012Orbitpaperback329OL32622916M
2010Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–256OL29567999M
2008TorMass Market Paperback324OL35320001M

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Questions

How many pages is Ender's Game?
About 328 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 226 to 394 pages.
How long does it take to read Ender's Game?
About 5 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Ender's Game?
Roughly 90,000 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).