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How many pages is Inheritance?

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini has a median of 880 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 880 pages.

Median pages
880
6 editions counted
Range
849–1,157
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
16h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
242k
at 275 words per page
Book 4 of The Inheritance Cycle
Previous: Brisingr
Series in order

How long will Inheritance 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
15 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
32 days
At 1 hour a day
16 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1,0001,2002010201220142011: 880 pages2011: 1,157 pages2011: 849 pages2011: 880 pages2012: 880 pages2013: 880 pagesmedian 880
1,0001,2002010201220142011: 880 pages2011: 1,157 pages2011: 849 pages2011: 880 pages2012: 880 pages2013: 880 pagesmedian 880
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 38 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Penguin Random House–880OL28448126M
2012Penguin Random House–880OL28442651M
2011Alfred A. KnopfPaperback880OL25421205M
2011Corgi Books–1,157OL38233486M
2011Alfred A. KnopfHardcover849OL25053846M
2011Random House Children's Books–880OL34457512M

More by Christopher Paolini

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Questions

How many pages is Inheritance?
About 880 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 849 to 1,157 pages.
How long does it take to read Inheritance?
About 15 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 32 days.
How many words is Inheritance?
Roughly 242,000 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).