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Book · by V.C. Andrews · first published 1981

How many pages is If There Be Thorns?

If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews has a median of 374 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 350 to 384 pages.

Median pages
374
20 editions counted
Range
276–484
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
103k
at 275 words per page

How long will If There Be Thorns take you?

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Reading time
6 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3004005001990200020101981: 366 pages1981: 276 pages1981: 350 pages1981: 316 pages1981: 374 pages1981: 276 pages1982: 374 pages1983: 474 pages1983: 484 pages1988: 374 pages1992: 350 pages1998: 384 pages2002: 374 pages2007: 350 pages2008: 350 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 392 pages2012: 350 pages2015: 374 pages2016: 463 pagesmedian 374
30040050020001981: 366 pages1981: 276 pages1981: 350 pages1981: 316 pages1981: 374 pages1981: 276 pages1982: 374 pages1983: 474 pages1983: 484 pages1988: 374 pages1992: 350 pages1998: 384 pages2002: 374 pages2007: 350 pages2008: 350 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 392 pages2012: 350 pages2015: 374 pages2016: 463 pagesmedian 374
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
Hardcover31325 h 31 min
Paperback38346 h 45 min
Mass market37476 h 36 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 52 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016CharnwoodPaperback463OL35510437M
2015Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback374OL28820301M
2012HarperCollinsMass Market Paperback350OL26807955M
2011Simon & Schuster, Limited–384OL33400822M
2011Harper VoyagerPaperback392OL37796704M
2008HarperCollins Publisherspaperback350OL49655981M
2007BCAhardcover350OL35678420M
2002Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback374OL7950695M

More by V.C. Andrews

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Questions

How many pages is If There Be Thorns?
About 374 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 276 to 484 pages.
How long does it take to read If There Be Thorns?
About 6 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is If There Be Thorns?
Roughly 103,000 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)).