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How many pages is Hogfather?

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett has a median of 416 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 288 to 438 pages.

Median pages
416
11 editions counted
Range
256–448
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
114k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Hogfather 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
7 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30040020002005201020151996: 285 pages1997: 445 pages1997: 285 pages1998: 292 pages1999: 354 pages2006: 448 pages2006: 445 pages2008: 432 pages2013: 432 pages2014: 416 pages2015: 256 pagesmedian 416
300400200020101996: 285 pages1997: 445 pages1997: 285 pages1998: 292 pages1999: 354 pages2006: 448 pages2006: 445 pages2008: 432 pages2013: 432 pages2014: 416 pages2015: 256 pagesmedian 416
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
Paperback44627 h 52 min
Mass market43027 h 35 min

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Orion Publishing Group, Limited–256OL34421751M
2014Harpermass market paperback416OL27540764M
2013Corgi Books–432OL28495417M
2008Transworld Publishers Limited–432OL33408885M
2006CorgiPaperback448OL7815568M
2006Corgi BooksMass Market Paperback445OL7815585M
1999HarperPrism–354OL3665457M
1998HarperPrism–292OL357344M

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Questions

How many pages is Hogfather?
About 416 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 256 to 448 pages.
How long does it take to read Hogfather?
About 7 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Hogfather?
Roughly 114,000 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).