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How many pages is Eric?

Eric by Terry Pratchett has a median of 155 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 138 to 186 pages.

Median pages
155
7 editions counted
Range
126–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Eric 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
2 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1502001990200020101990: 126 pages2000: 155 pages2002: 224 pages2003: 197 pages2010: 131 pages2014: 144 pages2017: 176 pagesmedian 155
1502001990200020101990: 126 pages2000: 155 pages2002: 224 pages2003: 197 pages2010: 131 pages2014: 144 pages2017: 176 pagesmedian 155
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Orion Publishing Group, Limited–176OL29354279M
2014Orion Publishing Group, Limited–144OL34493059M
2010Gollanczhardcover131OL27677053M
2003Rebound by SagebrushSchool & Library Binding197OL9654667M
2002HarperTorch–224OL7435688M
2000GollanczPaperback155OL9002811M
1990Victor Gollancz Ltd.–126OL892972M

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Questions

How many pages is Eric?
About 155 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 126 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read Eric?
About 2 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Eric?
Roughly 43,000 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).