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How many pages is Fragile Things?

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman has a median of 408 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 440 pages.

Median pages
408
6 editions counted
Range
400–528
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
112k
at 275 words per page

How long will Fragile Things 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 12 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.

400450500200720102012201520172006: 400 pages2006: 528 pages2007: 416 pages2010: 400 pages2018: 448 pages2018: 400 pagesmedian 408
400450500201020152006: 400 pages2006: 528 pages2007: 416 pages2010: 400 pages2018: 448 pages2018: 400 pagesmedian 408
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Headline Publishing Group–448OL29366809M
2018William Morrow Paperbacks–400OL27063399M
2010HarperMass Market Paperback400OL24086302M
2007Harper PerennialPaperback416OL9244232M
2006William MorrowHardcover400OL9232262M
2006HarperLuxe–528OL7289483M

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Questions

How many pages is Fragile Things?
About 408 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 528 pages.
How long does it take to read Fragile Things?
About 7 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Fragile Things?
Roughly 112,000 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)).