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Book · by Garth Nix · first published 2001

How many pages is Lirael?

Lirael by Garth Nix has a median of 496 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 496 to 526 pages.

Median pages
496
7 editions counted
Range
480–705
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Lirael 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
8 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50060070020022004200620082001: 496 pages2001: 496 pages2002: 705 pages2003: 526 pages2004: 480 pages2004: 526 pages2008: 496 pagesmedian 496
5006007002002200520072001: 496 pages2001: 496 pages2002: 705 pages2003: 526 pages2004: 480 pages2004: 526 pages2008: 496 pagesmedian 496
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008EosPaperback496OL9952942M
2004EosPaperback480OL9234101M
2004Collins–526OL7262054M
2003Collins–526OL22042654M
2002EosMass Market Paperback705OL9229065M
2001Eos–496OL7276558M
2001EosLibrary Binding496OL9231267M

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Questions

How many pages is Lirael?
About 496 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 480 to 705 pages.
How long does it take to read Lirael?
About 8 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is Lirael?
Roughly 136,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).