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Book · by V.C. Andrews · first published 1994

How many pages is Ruby?

Ruby by V.C. Andrews has a median of 438 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 428 to 442 pages.

Median pages
438
13 editions counted
Range
428–561
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
120k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ruby take you?

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Reading time
7 h 43 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.

4505005502000201020201994: 442 pages1994: 561 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 442 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 428 pages1995: 428 pages2003: 428 pages2011: 448 pages2012: 448 pages2017: 442 pages2021: 438 pagesmedian 438
4505005502000201020201994: 442 pages1994: 561 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 442 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 428 pages1994: 428 pages1995: 428 pages2003: 428 pages2011: 448 pages2012: 448 pages2017: 442 pages2021: 438 pagesmedian 438
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
Hardcover42837 h 33 min
Paperback42827 h 33 min
Mass market44237 h 48 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback438OL29872726M
2017Pocket Booksmass market paperback442OL27974589M
2012Gallery Books–448OL28769290M
2011Pocket Books–448OL33984795M
2003Pocket Bookspaperback428OL46856741M
1995Pocket Books–428OL19106352M
1994Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback442OL24951330M
1994Wheeler Pub.–561OL1084337M

More by V.C. Andrews

All 15 books by V.C. Andrews with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Ruby?
About 438 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 428 to 561 pages.
How long does it take to read Ruby?
About 7 h 43 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Ruby?
Roughly 120,000 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)).