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How many pages is Over Sea, Under Stone?

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper has a median of 252 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 252 pages.

Median pages
252
18 editions counted
Range
196–376
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
69k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Over Sea, Under Stone 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
4 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300400198020001965: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1966: 252 pages1968: 221 pages1970: 252 pages1974: 252 pages1979: 252 pages1984: 241 pages1989: 243 pages1993: 252 pages2000: 376 pages2000: 196 pages2002: 208 pages2004: 208 pages2007: 224 pages2010: 368 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 252
200300400198020001965: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1966: 252 pages1968: 221 pages1970: 252 pages1974: 252 pages1979: 252 pages1984: 241 pages1989: 243 pages1993: 252 pages2000: 376 pages2000: 196 pages2002: 208 pages2004: 208 pages2007: 224 pages2010: 368 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 252
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Penguin Books, Limited–224OL29429088M
2010Penguin Random House–368OL28446804M
2007Simon PulsePaperback224OL8458979M
2004AladdinPaperback208OL7730929M
2002AladdinPaperback208OL7730042M
2000Thorndike Press–376OL6793903M
2000Aladdin PaperbacksPaperback196OL3383642M
1993Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–252OL18792169M

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Questions

How many pages is Over Sea, Under Stone?
About 252 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 196 to 376 pages.
How long does it take to read Over Sea, Under Stone?
About 4 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Over Sea, Under Stone?
Roughly 69,000 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).