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Book · by Dan Simmons · first published 1989

How many pages is Hyperion?

Hyperion by Dan Simmons has a median of 496 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 481 to 512 pages.

Median pages
496
5 editions counted
Range
481–512
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page
Book 1 of Hyperion Cantos
Series in order

How long will Hyperion 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 45 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.

4805005201990200020101989: 481 pages1990: 481 pages1990: 512 pages1991: 512 pages2017: 496 pagesmedian 496
4805005201990200020101989: 481 pages1990: 481 pages1990: 512 pages1991: 512 pages2017: 496 pagesmedian 496
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 26 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Del Rey–496OL26837844M
1991Headline Book Publishing LtdPaperback512OL7959614M
1990Bantam Books–481OL16710277M
1990SpectraMass Market Paperback512OL7824641M
1989DoubledayHardcover481OL2055137M

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Questions

How many pages is Hyperion?
About 496 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 481 to 512 pages.
How long does it take to read Hyperion?
About 8 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is Hyperion?
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).