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How many pages is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne has a median of 331 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 327 to 348 pages.

Median pages
331
6 editions counted
Range
327–387
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
91k
at 275 words per page

How long will Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 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
5 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3203403603802005201020152001: 327 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 327 pages2017: 335 pages2017: 387 pages2017: 327 pagesmedian 331
32034036038020102001: 327 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 327 pages2017: 335 pages2017: 387 pages2017: 327 pagesmedian 331
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
Hardcover35726 h 18 min
Paperback33535 h 54 min

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book GroupPaperback335OL26479069M
2017j.k.rowlinghardcover387OL26373136M
2017Bound to Stay Bound Books–327OL53339374M
2016Levine/Scholasticpaperback352OL27254095M
2016Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.Hardcover327OL25938742M
2001jk rowlingPaperback327OL26452957M

Questions

How many pages is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
About 331 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 327 to 387 pages.
How long does it take to read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
About 5 h 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
Roughly 91,000 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)).