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How many pages is King of Shadows?

King of Shadows by Susan Cooper has a median of 192 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 185 to 206 pages.

Median pages
192
12 editions counted
Range
128–286
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will King of Shadows 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
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300200020022005200720101999: 186 pages1999: 181 pages2000: 181 pages2000: 246 pages2001: 186 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 286 pages2005: 192 pages2009: 192 pages2009: 192 pages2010: 256 pages2011: 128 pagesmedian 192
2003002000200520101999: 186 pages1999: 181 pages2000: 181 pages2000: 246 pages2001: 186 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 286 pages2005: 192 pages2009: 192 pages2009: 192 pages2010: 256 pages2011: 128 pagesmedian 192
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 27 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Oxford University Press–128OL28474038M
2010Penguin Random House–256OL28446803M
2009Oxford University Press–192OL28437798M
2009Oxford University Press–192OL28451246M
2005AladdinPaperback192OL8457841M
2002AladdinPaperback192OL7730040M
2002Kaiseisha–286OL23097207M
2001AladdinPaperback186OL7729747M

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Questions

How many pages is King of Shadows?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 286 pages.
How long does it take to read King of Shadows?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is King of Shadows?
Roughly 53,000 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)).