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How many pages is Idoru?

Idoru by William Gibson has a median of 292 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 292 to 308 pages.

Median pages
292
5 editions counted
Range
292–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
80k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Idoru 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 09 min
At 30 min a day
11 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.

30035040019961998200020021996: 292 pages1996: 292 pages1997: 400 pages1997: 292 pages2003: 308 pagesmedian 292
3003504001997200020021996: 292 pages1996: 292 pages1997: 400 pages1997: 292 pages2003: 308 pagesmedian 292
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2003Berkley Books–308OL3562003M
1997Berkley–400OL7503991M
1997Penguin Books–292OL21323610M
1996Viking–292OL20318380M
1996G.P. Putnam's Sons–292OL980810M

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Questions

How many pages is Idoru?
About 292 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 292 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read Idoru?
About 5 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Idoru?
Roughly 80,000 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).