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How many pages is His Dark Materials?

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman has a median of 1,017 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 885 to 1,106 pages.

Median pages
1,017
12 editions counted
Range
544–1,312
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
18h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
280k
at 275 words per page

How long will His Dark Materials take you?

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Reading time
17 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
36 days
At 1 hour a day
18 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5007501,0001,25020002005201020152000: 1,018 pages2000: 740 pages2002: 544 pages2003: 560 pages2007: 933 pages2007: 1,016 pages2007: 1,312 pages2007: 933 pages2008: 1,024 pages2011: 1,144 pages2011: 1,102 pages2018: 1,120 pagesmedian 1,017
5007501,0001,250200020102000: 1,018 pages2000: 740 pages2002: 544 pages2003: 560 pages2007: 933 pages2007: 1,016 pages2007: 1,312 pages2007: 933 pages2008: 1,024 pages2011: 1,144 pages2011: 1,102 pages2018: 1,120 pagesmedian 1,017
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Scholastic–1,120OL29374741M
2011Everyman's Library–1,144OL28472975M
2011Everyman's Library–1,102OL25325000M
2008Scholastic–1,024OL44127970M
2007Knopf Books for Young Readers–933OL7430039M
2007ScholasticHardcover1,016OL24778153M
2007Knopf Books for Young Readers–1,312OL7429590M
2007Alfred A. Knopf–933OL17905319M

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Questions

How many pages is His Dark Materials?
About 1,017 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 544 to 1,312 pages.
How long does it take to read His Dark Materials?
About 17 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 36 days.
How many words is His Dark Materials?
Roughly 280,000 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)).