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How many pages is The Amulet of Samarkand?

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud has a median of 462 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 462 to 464 pages.

Median pages
462
9 editions counted
Range
259–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
127k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Amulet of Samarkand 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
8 h 09 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30040050020042006200820102003: 462 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 462 pages2003: 464 pages2003: 462 pages2004: 259 pages2004: 462 pages2004: 491 pages2011: 496 pagesmedian 462
300400500200520102003: 462 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 462 pages2003: 464 pages2003: 462 pages2004: 259 pages2004: 462 pages2004: 491 pages2011: 496 pagesmedian 462
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Random House Children's Books–496OL33401641M
2004Corgi BooksPaperback259OL7815779M
2004Miramax Books/Hyperion Books For ChildrenPaperback462OL8142775M
2004Corgi Bookspaperback491OL39480745M
2003Hyperion Books For Children–462OL23271415M
2003Doubleday–272OL7441439M
2003Hyperion Books–462OL24200122M
2003Hyperion BooksPaperback464OL8142749M

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Questions

How many pages is The Amulet of Samarkand?
About 462 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 259 to 496 pages.
How long does it take to read The Amulet of Samarkand?
About 8 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Amulet of Samarkand?
Roughly 127,000 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).