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How many pages is Taltos?

Taltos by Anne Rice has a median of 528 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 480 to 563 pages.

Median pages
528
9 editions counted
Range
467–688
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
145k
at 275 words per page

How long will Taltos 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
9 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5006007002000201020201994: 467 pages1994: 688 pages1994: 480 pages1995: 528 pages1995: 480 pages1995: 563 pages1995: 467 pages1996: 576 pages2025: 528 pagesmedian 528
500600700200020201994: 467 pages1994: 688 pages1994: 480 pages1995: 528 pages1995: 480 pages1995: 563 pages1995: 467 pages1996: 576 pages2025: 528 pagesmedian 528
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Penguin Books, Limited–528OL57548690M
1996Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback576OL9464152M
1995Arrow Books Ltd–528OL7317915M
1995Ballantine BooksPaperback480OL9420029M
1995Ballantine–563OL21322435M
1995BCA–467OL18128632M
1994Knopf–467OL22269850M
1994Chatto & Windus–688OL17430247M

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Questions

How many pages is Taltos?
About 528 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 467 to 688 pages.
How long does it take to read Taltos?
About 9 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Taltos?
Roughly 145,000 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)).