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How many pages is Foundation's Edge?

Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov has a median of 426 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 388 to 450 pages.

Median pages
426
13 editions counted
Range
326–736
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
117k
at 275 words per page
Book 6 of Foundation series
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How long will Foundation's Edge 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
7 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
16 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.

40060019902000201020201982: 388 pages1982: 390 pages1982: 736 pages1982: 366 pages1983: 326 pages1983: 426 pages1983: 326 pages1986: 432 pages1989: 426 pages1991: 480 pages1991: 452 pages1991: 450 pages2021: 432 pagesmedian 426
400600200020201982: 388 pages1982: 390 pages1982: 736 pages1982: 366 pages1983: 326 pages1983: 426 pages1983: 326 pages1986: 432 pages1989: 426 pages1991: 480 pages1991: 452 pages1991: 450 pages2021: 432 pagesmedian 426
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 60 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021HarperCollins Publishers Limited–432OL33473520M
1991SpectraMass Market Paperback480OL7825251M
1991Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaUnknown Binding452OL9368533M
1991Bantam Books–450OL18550463M
1989Ballantine Books–426OL21550378M
1986Grafton BooksPaperback432OL7882999M
1983Book Club Associates–326OL22835135M
1983Ballantine Books–426OL24950690M

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Questions

How many pages is Foundation's Edge?
About 426 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 326 to 736 pages.
How long does it take to read Foundation's Edge?
About 7 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Foundation's Edge?
Roughly 117,000 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).