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How many pages is Equal Rites?

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett has a median of 255 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 221 to 271 pages.

Median pages
255
8 editions counted
Range
200–285
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 Equal Rites 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 30 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

200250199019952000200520101987: 282 pages1987: 200 pages1988: 254 pages1988: 224 pages1994: 267 pages2000: 213 pages2001: 256 pages2012: 285 pagesmedian 255
2002501990200020101987: 282 pages1987: 200 pages1988: 254 pages1988: 224 pages1994: 267 pages2000: 213 pages2001: 256 pages2012: 285 pagesmedian 255
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
Hardcover24024 h 14 min
Paperback28425 h

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Corgi BooksPaperback285OL27317504M
2001Isis Large Print BooksHardcover256OL8997586M
2000HarperTorchMass Market Paperback213OL9241411M
1994ISIS–267OL22433202M
1988New American Library–254OL24961013M
1988Victor GollanczHardcover224OL7878002M
1987CORGI ADULTPaperback282OL7790428M
1987V. Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe–200OL22908489M

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Questions

How many pages is Equal Rites?
About 255 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 200 to 285 pages.
How long does it take to read Equal Rites?
About 4 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Equal Rites?
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).