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Book · by V.C. Andrews · first published 1987

How many pages is Garden of Shadows?

Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews has a median of 376 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 376 to 413 pages.

Median pages
376
9 editions counted
Range
376–464
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
103k
at 275 words per page

How long will Garden of Shadows 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
6 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4004501990200020101987: 376 pages1987: 376 pages1987: 376 pages1988: 415 pages1988: 376 pages1989: 464 pages1998: 376 pages2011: 384 pages2016: 413 pagesmedian 376
4004501990200020101987: 376 pages1987: 376 pages1987: 376 pages1988: 415 pages1988: 376 pages1989: 464 pages1998: 376 pages2011: 384 pages2016: 413 pagesmedian 376
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
Hardcover37636 h 38 min
Mass market37626 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Charnwood–413OL35512937M
2011Simon & Schuster, Limited–384OL33422962M
1998Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback376OL20403425M
1989Ulverscroft Large Print BooksHardcover464OL7778732M
1988G.K. Hall–415OL2044746M
1988CollinsHardcover376OL20131058M
1987Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback376OL24207984M
1987Poseidon PressHardcover376OL22906453M

More by V.C. Andrews

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

Questions

How many pages is Garden of Shadows?
About 376 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 376 to 464 pages.
How long does it take to read Garden of Shadows?
About 6 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Garden of Shadows?
Roughly 103,000 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)).