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How many pages is The Amber Spyglass?

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman has a median of 544 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 518 to 560 pages.

Median pages
544
17 editions counted
Range
352–719
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
150k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Amber Spyglass 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 35 min
At 30 min a day
20 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.

400600200020052010201520202000: 518 pages2000: 560 pages2001: 480 pages2001: 544 pages2002: 544 pages2002: 518 pages2003: 719 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 518 pages2007: 560 pages2007: 518 pages2009: 592 pages2015: 448 pages2015: 544 pages2021: 352 pages2022: 560 pagesmedian 544
4006002000201020202000: 518 pages2000: 560 pages2001: 480 pages2001: 544 pages2002: 544 pages2002: 518 pages2003: 719 pages2003: 544 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 518 pages2007: 560 pages2007: 518 pages2009: 592 pages2015: 448 pages2015: 544 pages2021: 352 pages2022: 560 pagesmedian 544
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 87 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Scholastic Presspaperback560OL37772251M
2021Scholastic–352OL33929220M
2015Random House Children's Books–448OL33524967M
2015Scholasticpaperback544OL36655579M
2009Galaxy Plus–592OL32076698M
2007Knopf Books for Young Readers–560OL7430037M
2007Alfred A. Knopf–518OL22769811M
2003Thorndike Press–719OL3558611M

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Questions

How many pages is The Amber Spyglass?
About 544 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 719 pages.
How long does it take to read The Amber Spyglass?
About 9 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is The Amber Spyglass?
Roughly 150,000 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).