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How many pages is Going Postal?

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett has a median of 477 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 406 to 484 pages.

Median pages
477
8 editions counted
Range
352–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
131k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Going Postal 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
8 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

350400450500200520102015202020252004: 377 pages2004: 352 pages2005: 416 pages2005: 474 pages2007: 480 pages2008: 496 pages2014: 496 pages2025: 480 pagesmedian 477
350400450500201020202004: 377 pages2004: 352 pages2005: 416 pages2005: 474 pages2007: 480 pages2008: 496 pages2014: 496 pages2025: 480 pagesmedian 477
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025HarperCollins Publishers–480OL57591852M
2014Penguin Random House–496OL28511946M
2008Transworld Publishers Limited–496OL33414403M
2007CorgiPaperback480OL7815572M
2005HarperTorchMass Market Paperback416OL9231974M
2005Corgi BooksMass Market Paperback474OL7815382M
2004HarperCollins Publishers–377OL3304705M
2004Doubleday–352OL21770851M

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Questions

How many pages is Going Postal?
About 477 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 496 pages.
How long does it take to read Going Postal?
About 8 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Going Postal?
Roughly 131,000 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).