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How many pages is Golden Son?

Golden Son by Pierce Brown has a median of 464 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 452 to 637 pages.

Median pages
464
6 editions counted
Range
446–695
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
128k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Golden Son 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 11 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.

500600700201320142015201620172015: 448 pages2015: 695 pages2015: 464 pages2015: 446 pages2015: 695 pages2015: 464 pagesmedian 464
500600700201420162015: 448 pages2015: 695 pages2015: 464 pages2015: 446 pages2015: 695 pages2015: 464 pagesmedian 464
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Hodder & Stoughton Ltdpaperback448OL34720841M
2015Large Print Press–695OL43165581M
2015Hodder & Stoughton–464OL29206998M
2015Del Rey–446OL27171457M
2015––695OL27178585M
2015Del Reypaperback464OL27278964M

Questions

How many pages is Golden Son?
About 464 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 446 to 695 pages.
How long does it take to read Golden Son?
About 8 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Golden Son?
Roughly 128,000 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).