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How many pages is Nation?

Nation by Terry Pratchett has a median of 384 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 336 to 406 pages.

Median pages
384
7 editions counted
Range
300–432
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will Nation 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 46 min
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.

30035040045020102012201520172008: 300 pages2008: 304 pages2008: 367 pages2009: 408 pages2009: 384 pages2009: 404 pages2019: 432 pagesmedian 384
300350400450201020152008: 300 pages2008: 304 pages2008: 367 pages2009: 408 pages2009: 384 pages2009: 404 pages2019: 432 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Corgi Books–432OL28713314M
2009ISIS–408OL32128261M
2009HarperPaperback384OL24087760M
2009Corgi BooksPaperback404OL23881913M
2008Doubleday–300OL26972722M
2008DoubledayPaperback304OL24085217M
2008HarperCollins–367OL16957795M

More by Terry Pratchett

All 43 books by Terry Pratchett with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Nation?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 432 pages.
How long does it take to read Nation?
About 6 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Nation?
Roughly 106,000 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)).