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How many pages is Pebble in the Sky?

Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov has a median of 223 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 191 to 226 pages.

Median pages
223
18 editions counted
Range
153–256
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
61k
at 275 words per page

How long will Pebble in the Sky take you?

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Reading time
3 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

15020025019601980200020201950: 223 pages1953: 153 pages1957: 191 pages1968: 200 pages1970: 186 pages1971: 191 pages1974: 186 pages1977: 186 pages1977: 200 pages1982: 223 pages1983: 231 pages1986: 231 pages1986: 223 pages1987: 226 pages1990: 223 pages2008: 256 pages2019: 224 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 223
1502002501950197520001950: 223 pages1953: 153 pages1957: 191 pages1968: 200 pages1970: 186 pages1971: 191 pages1974: 186 pages1977: 186 pages1977: 200 pages1982: 223 pages1983: 231 pages1986: 231 pages1986: 223 pages1987: 226 pages1990: 223 pages2008: 256 pages2019: 224 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 223
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 42 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Random House Publishing Group–256OL30024957M
2019HarperVoyagerPaperback224OL29126813M
2008TorHardcover256OL10936448M
1990Doubleday–223OL2201914M
1987Grafton–226OL15083152M
1986Del ReyMass Market Paperback231OL9788748M
1986Doubleday–223OL7439787M
1983Ballantine–231OL26798601M

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Questions

How many pages is Pebble in the Sky?
About 223 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 153 to 256 pages.
How long does it take to read Pebble in the Sky?
About 3 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Pebble in the Sky?
Roughly 61,000 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)).