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How many pages is Prey?

Prey by Michael Crichton has a median of 474 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 384 to 536 pages.

Median pages
474
19 editions counted
Range
367–634
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.1h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
130k
at 275 words per page

How long will Prey take you?

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Reading time
9 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600200220052007201020122002: 367 pages2002: 367 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 367 pages2002: 634 pages2002: 604 pages2002: 507 pages2002: 367 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 472 pages2003: 507 pages2004: 507 pages2004: 474 pages2008: 528 pages2009: 544 pages2013: 464 pages2013: 384 pagesmedian 474
400500600200520102002: 367 pages2002: 367 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 367 pages2002: 634 pages2002: 604 pages2002: 507 pages2002: 367 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 472 pages2003: 507 pages2004: 507 pages2004: 474 pages2008: 528 pages2009: 544 pages2013: 464 pages2013: 384 pagesmedian 474
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover36767 h 04 min
Paperback544310 h 29 min
Mass market528310 h 10 min

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013HarperCollins Publishers Limited–464OL29080555M
2013HarperPaperback384OL28777778M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–544OL29020499M
2008HarperMass Market Paperback528OL28743633M
2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaTurtleback507OL10943808M
2004Paragon House Publishers–474OL28974614M
2003HarperCollins PublishersPaperback544OL9217300M
2003AvonMass Market Paperback544OL9241380M

More by Michael Crichton

All 12 books by Michael Crichton with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Prey?
About 474 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 367 to 634 pages.
How long does it take to read Prey?
About 9 h 08 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Prey?
Roughly 130,000 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)).