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How many pages is Robots and Empire?

Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov has a median of 446 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 393 to 468 pages.

Median pages
446
6 editions counted
Range
349–512
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
123k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Robots and Empire 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
7 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005001983198419851986198719881985: 383 pages1985: 423 pages1985: 468 pages1985: 349 pages1986: 468 pages1986: 512 pagesmedian 445
4005001984198619881985: 383 pages1985: 423 pages1985: 468 pages1985: 349 pages1986: 468 pages1986: 512 pagesmedian 445
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 27 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1986Ballantine Books–468OL18706867M
1986GraftonMass Market Paperback512OL7883053M
1985Doubleday–383OL3021427M
1985Grafton Books–423OL2291877M
1985Ballantine–468OL40256810M
1985Phantasia Press–349OL47079572M

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Questions

How many pages is Robots and Empire?
About 446 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 349 to 512 pages.
How long does it take to read Robots and Empire?
About 7 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Robots and Empire?
Roughly 123,000 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).