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How many pages is Heretics of Dune?

Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert has a median of 494 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 480 to 511 pages.

Median pages
494
6 editions counted
Range
480–560
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Heretics of Dune 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 42 min
At 30 min a day
18 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.

50055019902000201020201984: 480 pages1985: 480 pages1985: 508 pages1987: 480 pages2003: 512 pages2020: 560 pagesmedian 494
500550200020201984: 480 pages1985: 480 pages1985: 508 pages1987: 480 pages2003: 512 pages2020: 560 pagesmedian 494
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Publishing Group–560OL29887746M
2003GollanczPaperback512OL7878771M
1987AcePaperback480OL7525590M
1985Berkley Books–480OL15569270M
1985New English LibraryPaperback508OL17375170M
1984Putnam–480OL3173739M

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Questions

How many pages is Heretics of Dune?
About 494 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 480 to 560 pages.
How long does it take to read Heretics of Dune?
About 8 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is Heretics of Dune?
Roughly 136,000 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).