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How many pages is Inkheart?

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke has a median of 562 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 544 to 576 pages.

Median pages
562
18 editions counted
Range
534โ€“709
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
154k
at 275 words per page

How long will Inkheart 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
9 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

60070020052010201520202003: 544 pages2003: 534 pages2003: 535 pages2003: 546 pages2003: 544 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 563 pages2005: 563 pages2005: 563 pages2005: 560 pages2005: 709 pages2006: 709 pages2008: 576 pages2008: 576 pages2009: 534 pages2009: 544 pages2011: 576 pages2020: 576 pagesmedian 561
600700201020202003: 544 pages2003: 534 pages2003: 535 pages2003: 546 pages2003: 544 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 563 pages2005: 563 pages2005: 563 pages2005: 560 pages2005: 709 pages2006: 709 pages2008: 576 pages2008: 576 pages2009: 534 pages2009: 544 pages2011: 576 pages2020: 576 pagesmedian 561
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
Hardcover54699 h 38 min
Paperback56379 h 55 min
Mass market55529 h 47 min

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020The Chicken HousePaperback576OL30159440M
2011The Chicken HousePaperback576OL26790937M
2009ScholasticMass Market Paperback534OL8137062M
2009The Chicken HousePaperback544OL35462242M
2008Chicken HousePaperback576OL35461605M
2008Scholastic PaperbacksMass Market Paperback576OL9725898M
2006Thorndike PressHardcover709OL26079471M
2005ScholasticPaperback563OL24210705M

More by Cornelia Funke

All 4 books by Cornelia Funke with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Inkheart?
About 562 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 534 to 709 pages.
How long does it take to read Inkheart?
About 9 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Inkheart?
Roughly 154,000 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)).