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Book · by Octavia E. Butler · first published 1993

How many pages is Parable of the Sower?

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler has a median of 299 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 299 to 336 pages.

Median pages
299
9 editions counted
Range
266–368
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
82k
at 275 words per page

How long will Parable of the Sower 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
5 h 16 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3003502000201020201993: 299 pages1995: 299 pages1995: 295 pages2000: 345 pages2012: 299 pages2017: 336 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 266 pagesmedian 299
3003502000201020201993: 299 pages1995: 299 pages1995: 295 pages2000: 345 pages2012: 299 pages2017: 336 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 266 pagesmedian 299
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Abrams Comicarts–266OL60474205M
2019Grand Central Publishingpaperback368OL27331186M
2019Headlinepaperback320OL27272465M
2017Seven Stories Presshardcover336OL27288938M
2012Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–299OL52592796M
2000Warner Books–345OL46938M
1995Women's Press–299OL18459858M
1995Warner Books–295OL19551417M

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Questions

How many pages is Parable of the Sower?
About 299 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 266 to 368 pages.
How long does it take to read Parable of the Sower?
About 5 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Parable of the Sower?
Roughly 82,000 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)).