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How many pages is State of Fear?

State of Fear by Michael Crichton has a median of 680 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 603 to 736 pages.

Median pages
680
12 editions counted
Range
320–897
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
187k
at 275 words per page

How long will State of Fear 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
11 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
24 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600800200420062008201020122004: 897 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 603 pages2004: 603 pages2004: 640 pages2005: 672 pages2005: 736 pages2005: 736 pages2005: 688 pages2008: 688 pages2009: 736 pages2013: 464 pagesmedian 680
400600800200520102004: 897 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 603 pages2004: 603 pages2004: 640 pages2005: 672 pages2005: 736 pages2005: 736 pages2005: 688 pages2008: 688 pages2009: 736 pages2013: 464 pagesmedian 680
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
Hardcover603210 h 38 min
Mass market704212 h 25 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 51 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013HarperCollins Publishers Limited–464OL29080556M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–736OL29020500M
2008HarperCollins Publishers–688OL29578683M
2005Avon BooksMass Market Paperback672OL24938227M
2005HarperMass Market Paperback736OL7263418M
2005HarperCollins Publishers–736OL28969856M
2005Tandem LibraryUnknown Binding688OL9496006M
2004HarperCollinsPaperback897OL9233208M

More by Michael Crichton

All 12 books by Michael Crichton with page counts

Questions

How many pages is State of Fear?
About 680 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 897 pages.
How long does it take to read State of Fear?
About 11 h 59 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 24 days.
How many words is State of Fear?
Roughly 187,000 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)).