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Book · by J.R.R. Tolkien · first published 2007

How many pages is The Children of Húrin?

The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien has a median of 320 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 320 pages.

Median pages
320
6 editions counted
Range
313–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
88k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Children of Húrin 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
5 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3203402007200820092010201120122007: 320 pages2007: 313 pages2007: 320 pages2008: 320 pages2008: 336 pages2012: 320 pagesmedian 320
3203402008201020122007: 320 pages2007: 313 pages2007: 320 pages2008: 320 pages2008: 336 pages2012: 320 pagesmedian 320
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 59 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–320OL33995691M
2008Houghton Mifflin CompanyPaperback320OL24325651M
2008HarperCollins Publisherspaperback336OL28167277M
2007Houghton Mifflin–320OL7606575M
2007HarperCollins Publishers–313OL16296040M
2007Houghton Mifflin Company–320OL7606577M

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Questions

How many pages is The Children of Húrin?
About 320 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 313 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read The Children of Húrin?
About 5 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Children of Húrin?
Roughly 88,000 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)).