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How many pages is Shadow of the Hegemon?

Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card has a median of 384 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 374 to 448 pages.

Median pages
384
7 editions counted
Range
365–464
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Shadow of the Hegemon 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
6 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400450200220042006200820102001: 365 pages2001: 365 pages2001: 464 pages2001: 384 pages2001: 451 pages2002: 444 pages2011: 384 pagesmedian 384
400450200520102001: 365 pages2001: 365 pages2001: 464 pages2001: 384 pages2001: 451 pages2002: 444 pages2011: 384 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–384OL33401891M
2002OrbitPaperback444OL8919953M
2001TOR–365OL40279667M
2001Orbit–365OL24219461M
2001TorMass Market Paperback464OL9630400M
2001Tor BooksLeather-bound384OL9834129M
2001TOR–451OL31938218M

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Questions

How many pages is Shadow of the Hegemon?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 365 to 464 pages.
How long does it take to read Shadow of the Hegemon?
About 6 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Shadow of the Hegemon?
Roughly 106,000 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).