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Book · by Dean Koontz · first published 1999

How many pages is Lightning?

Lightning by Dean Koontz has a median of 359 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 340 to 481 pages.

Median pages
359
10 editions counted
Range
329–693
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
99k
at 275 words per page

How long will Lightning 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
6 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
13 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.

4006001990200020101986: 329 pages1988: 336 pages1988: 351 pages1988: 329 pages1988: 355 pages1989: 687 pages2000: 505 pages2003: 363 pages2007: 693 pages2015: 408 pagesmedian 359
4006001990200020101986: 329 pages1988: 336 pages1988: 351 pages1988: 329 pages1988: 355 pages1989: 687 pages2000: 505 pages2003: 363 pages2007: 693 pages2015: 408 pagesmedian 359
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Headline Publishing Group–408OL29210833M
2007Thorndike PressHardcover693OL11045066M
2003Berkley Books–363OL3384806M
2000Headline Feature–505OL22070032M
1989Thorndike Press–687OL2053348M
1988Headline–336OL22289324M
1988Putnam–351OL2392193M
1988Guild Publishing–329OL39489260M

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Questions

How many pages is Lightning?
About 359 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 329 to 693 pages.
How long does it take to read Lightning?
About 6 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Lightning?
Roughly 99,000 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)).