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How many pages is The Blind Assassin?

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood has a median of 641 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 521 to 656 pages.

Median pages
641
18 editions counted
Range
521–819
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
176k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Blind Assassin take you?

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Reading time
11 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
23 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.

50060070080020002005201020152000: 521 pages2000: 819 pages2000: 521 pages2000: 521 pages2000: 659 pages2000: 521 pages2001: 521 pages2001: 657 pages2001: 544 pages2001: 659 pages2001: 641 pages2001: 521 pages2002: 641 pages2003: 635 pages2009: 656 pages2011: 656 pages2019: 656 pages2019: 656 pagesmedian 641
500600700800200020102000: 521 pages2000: 819 pages2000: 521 pages2000: 521 pages2000: 659 pages2000: 521 pages2001: 521 pages2001: 657 pages2001: 544 pages2001: 659 pages2001: 641 pages2001: 521 pages2002: 641 pages2003: 635 pages2009: 656 pages2011: 656 pages2019: 656 pages2019: 656 pagesmedian 641
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 89 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Little, Brown Book Group Limited–656OL29428856M
2019Virago–656OL33783933M
2011Emblem/McClelland & Stewart–656OL28753162M
2009Little, Brown Book Group Limited–656OL33398489M
2003Emblem Editions–635OL19896816M
2002Virago–641OL19897089M
2001QPD–521OL21888597M
2001F.A. Thorpe–657OL19896821M

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Questions

How many pages is The Blind Assassin?
About 641 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 521 to 819 pages.
How long does it take to read The Blind Assassin?
About 11 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 23 days.
How many words is The Blind Assassin?
Roughly 176,000 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)).