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How many pages is Flowers in the Attic?

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews has a median of 411 pages across 28 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 384 to 416 pages.

Median pages
411
28 editions counted
Range
286–572
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
113k
at 275 words per page

How long will Flowers in the Attic take you?

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Reading time
7 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30040050060019801990200020101979: 341 pages1979: 412 pages1980: 412 pages1980: 411 pages1980: 412 pages1981: 411 pages1981: 411 pages1982: 286 pages1983: 572 pages1986: 384 pages1987: 412 pages1989: 411 pages1990: 416 pages1991: 384 pages1995: 384 pages1997: 432 pages2003: 416 pages2005: 400 pages2005: 346 pages2010: 384 pages2011: 423 pages2011: 416 pages2012: 346 pages2012: 346 pages2014: 416 pages2014: 400 pages2016: 508 pages2019: 416 pagesmedian 411
300400500600198020001979: 341 pages1979: 412 pages1980: 412 pages1980: 411 pages1980: 412 pages1981: 411 pages1981: 411 pages1982: 286 pages1983: 572 pages1986: 384 pages1987: 412 pages1989: 411 pages1990: 416 pages1991: 384 pages1995: 384 pages1997: 432 pages2003: 416 pages2005: 400 pages2005: 346 pages2010: 384 pages2011: 423 pages2011: 416 pages2012: 346 pages2012: 346 pages2014: 416 pages2014: 400 pages2016: 508 pages2019: 416 pagesmedian 411
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
Hardcover39847 h 01 min
Paperback41177 h 15 min
Mass market41187 h 15 min

Editions counted

The 28 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 73 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Gallery BooksTrade Paperback416OL27871706M
2016Charnwoodhardcover508OL32788130M
2014Pocket Books–416OL28785448M
2014Gallery Books–400OL28798984M
2012HarperCollins PublishersMass Market Paperback346OL31912565M
2012HarperCollins Publisherspaperback346OL43190901M
2011Harper VoyagerPaperback423OL31894891M
2011Simon & Schuster, Limited–416OL33400821M

More by V.C. Andrews

All 15 books by V.C. Andrews with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Flowers in the Attic?
About 411 pages: that is the median of 28 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 286 to 572 pages.
How long does it take to read Flowers in the Attic?
About 7 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Flowers in the Attic?
Roughly 113,000 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)).