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How many pages is Neverwhere?

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman has a median of 400 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 388 to 464 pages.

Median pages
400
9 editions counted
Range
337–480
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
110k
at 275 words per page

How long will Neverwhere 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
7 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

350400450500200020052010201520201997: 388 pages1997: 337 pages2003: 370 pages2005: 388 pages2009: 480 pages2016: 480 pages2016: 464 pages2017: 400 pages2021: 464 pagesmedian 400
3504004505002000201020201997: 388 pages1997: 337 pages2003: 370 pages2005: 388 pages2009: 480 pages2016: 480 pages2016: 464 pages2017: 400 pages2021: 464 pagesmedian 400
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 46 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021HarperCollins Publishers–464OL30056866M
2017Headline Publishing Group–400OL29363774M
2016HarperCollins Publishers–480OL28845998M
2016William Morrow PaperbacksPaperback464OL26707228M
2009HarperCollins Publishers–480OL29592256M
2005ReviewPaperback388OL24225200M
2003Perennial–370OL3685140M
1997Avon Books–388OL18465440M

More by Neil Gaiman

All 14 books by Neil Gaiman with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Neverwhere?
About 400 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 337 to 480 pages.
How long does it take to read Neverwhere?
About 7 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Neverwhere?
Roughly 110,000 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)).