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How many pages is Eragon?

Eragon by Christopher Paolini has a median of 522 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 508 to 534 pages.

Median pages
522
12 editions counted
Range
327–768
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
144k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
9 h 13 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006008002002200320042005200620072002: 472 pages2003: 509 pages2003: 509 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 327 pages2005: 517 pages2005: 528 pages2005: 530 pages2006: 768 pages2006: 503 pages2007: 528 pages2007: 768 pagesmedian 522
4006008002002200420062002: 472 pages2003: 509 pages2003: 509 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 327 pages2005: 517 pages2005: 528 pages2005: 530 pages2006: 768 pages2006: 503 pages2007: 528 pages2007: 768 pagesmedian 522
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 91 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Transworldpaperback528OL27272998M
2007Laurel LeafMass Market Paperback768OL10255511M
2006Laurel Leaf–768OL7520225M
2006Knopf–503OL22650690M
2005Corgi–517OL26329400M
2005Knopf Books for Young Readers–528OL7428874M
2005––530OL58619167M
2004Knopf Books for Young Readers–544OL7428873M

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Questions

How many pages is Eragon?
About 522 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 327 to 768 pages.
How long does it take to read Eragon?
About 9 h 13 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Eragon?
Roughly 144,000 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).