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How many pages is Ringworld?

Ringworld by Larry Niven has a median of 288 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 287 to 342 pages.

Median pages
288
11 editions counted
Range
286–342
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
Book 1 of Ringworld series
Series in order

How long will Ringworld 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 05 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.

280300320340197019751980198519901970: 342 pages1970: 287 pages1972: 288 pages1973: 287 pages1975: 342 pages1976: 286 pages1981: 342 pages1982: 342 pages1984: 288 pages1985: 342 pages1990: 287 pagesmedian 288
2803003203401970198019901970: 342 pages1970: 287 pages1972: 288 pages1973: 287 pages1975: 342 pages1976: 286 pages1981: 342 pages1982: 342 pages1984: 288 pages1985: 342 pages1990: 287 pagesmedian 288
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1990Orbit–287OL18391566M
1985Del ReyMass Market Paperback342OL9880097M
1984Gollancz–288OL21540483M
1982Del ReyMass Market Paperback342OL9707006M
1981Del ReyMass Market Paperback342OL10683558M
1976Sphere Books–286OL21992845M
1975Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback342OL10682340M
1973Little, Brown Book Group Limited–287OL33365335M

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Questions

How many pages is Ringworld?
About 288 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 286 to 342 pages.
How long does it take to read Ringworld?
About 5 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Ringworld?
Roughly 79,000 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).