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Book · by James Clavell · first published 1986

How many pages is King Rat?

King Rat by James Clavell has a median of 397 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 355 to 416 pages.

Median pages
397
14 editions counted
Range
352–576
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
109k
at 275 words per page

How long will King Rat take you?

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Reading time
7 h
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.

400500600198020001962: 352 pages1962: 354 pages1962: 354 pages1962: 406 pages1963: 397 pages1974: 352 pages1982: 397 pages1983: 363 pages1984: 576 pages1984: 565 pages1998: 490 pages2006: 416 pages2009: 358 pages2013: 416 pagesmedian 397
400500600198020001962: 352 pages1962: 354 pages1962: 354 pages1962: 406 pages1963: 397 pages1974: 352 pages1982: 397 pages1983: 363 pages1984: 576 pages1984: 565 pages1998: 490 pages2006: 416 pages2009: 358 pages2013: 416 pagesmedian 397
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Hodder & Stoughton–416OL53241877M
2009Delta Trade Paperbacks–358OL23536838M
2006Hodder & StoughtonPaperback416OL10630029M
1998Bantam Doubleday Dell–490OL22006052M
1984Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover576OL7778704M
1984Charnwood–565OL22453648M
1983Delacorte Press–363OL3499599M
1982Hodder and Stoughton–397OL18940824M

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Questions

How many pages is King Rat?
About 397 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 576 pages.
How long does it take to read King Rat?
About 7 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is King Rat?
Roughly 109,000 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)).