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How many pages is Keeper of the Lost Cities?

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger has a median of 528 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 512 to 544 pages.

Median pages
528
6 editions counted
Range
496–544
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
145k
at 275 words per page

How long will Keeper of the Lost Cities 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 18 min
At 30 min a day
19 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.

500520540201220142016201820202012: 496 pages2013: 512 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 512 pagesmedian 528
500520540201520202012: 496 pages2013: 512 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 544 pages2020: 512 pagesmedian 528
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–544OL30204694M
2020Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–544OL30198018M
2020Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–544OL29874516M
2020Simon & SchusterPaperback512OL28057517M
2013Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–512OL28775597M
2012AladdinHardcover496OL25138937M

Questions

How many pages is Keeper of the Lost Cities?
About 528 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 496 to 544 pages.
How long does it take to read Keeper of the Lost Cities?
About 9 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Keeper of the Lost Cities?
Roughly 145,000 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)).