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Book · by Dean Koontz · first published 1989

How many pages is Midnight?

Midnight by Dean Koontz has a median of 470 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 383 to 528 pages.

Median pages
470
13 editions counted
Range
383–780
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
129k
at 275 words per page

How long will Midnight 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 17 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.

400600800199019952000200520101989: 383 pages1989: 470 pages1989: 438 pages1989: 383 pages1989: 383 pages1989: 528 pages1989: 383 pages1990: 780 pages1990: 780 pages2004: 477 pages2004: 477 pages2011: 420 pages2012: 542 pagesmedian 470
4006008001990200020101989: 383 pages1989: 470 pages1989: 438 pages1989: 383 pages1989: 383 pages1989: 528 pages1989: 383 pages1990: 780 pages1990: 780 pages2004: 477 pages2004: 477 pages2011: 420 pages2012: 542 pagesmedian 470
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Headline–542OL32109008M
2011Berkley Books–420OL26335645M
2004Turtleback–477OL29571958M
2004Berkley Books–477OL3386651M
1990Magna Large Print Books–780OL28947315M
1990Thorndike-Magna–780OL2226985M
1989G. P. Putnam's Sons–383OL39489263M
1989Berkley Books–470OL22366446M

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Questions

How many pages is Midnight?
About 470 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 383 to 780 pages.
How long does it take to read Midnight?
About 8 h 17 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Midnight?
Roughly 129,000 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)).