Love Books Daily

Book · by Isaac Asimov

How many pages is Second Foundation?

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov has a median of 225 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 194 to 279 pages.

Median pages
225
21 editions counted
Range
187–473
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page
Book 5 of Foundation series
Series in order

How long will Second Foundation 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
3 h 58 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.

2003004005001960198020001953: 225 pages1953: 225 pages1953: 210 pages1953: 225 pages1963: 225 pages1964: 187 pages1964: 187 pages1964: 191 pages1969: 194 pages1970: 191 pages1979: 473 pages1983: 233 pages1983: 282 pages1989: 282 pages1991: 279 pages1991: 304 pages1991: 279 pages1995: 192 pages2004: 241 pages2016: 227 pages2018: 240 pagesmedian 225
200300400500197520001953: 225 pages1953: 225 pages1953: 210 pages1953: 225 pages1963: 225 pages1964: 187 pages1964: 187 pages1964: 191 pages1969: 194 pages1970: 191 pages1979: 473 pages1983: 233 pages1983: 282 pages1989: 282 pages1991: 279 pages1991: 304 pages1991: 279 pages1995: 192 pages2004: 241 pages2016: 227 pages2018: 240 pagesmedian 225
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 81 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018HarperCollins Publishers–240OL34489031M
2016Harper Voyager–227OL28563000M
2004Bantam Books–241OL3693744M
1995HarperCollins PublishersPaperback192OL7882620M
1991Spectra/Bantam BooksSchool & Library Binding279OL8102329M
1991SpectraMass Market Paperback304OL7825250M
1991Bantam Books–279OL16794963M
1989Ballentine BooksMass Market Paperback282OL9700822M

More by Isaac Asimov

All 22 books by Isaac Asimov with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Second Foundation?
About 225 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 473 pages.
How long does it take to read Second Foundation?
About 3 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Second Foundation?
Roughly 62,000 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).