Love Books Daily

Book · by Christopher Pike

How many pages is The Dance?

The Dance by Christopher Pike has a median of 226 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 226 to 240 pages.

Median pages
226
5 editions counted
Range
226–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Dance 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
3 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2202302401988199019921994199619981988: 226 pages1988: 226 pages1988: 226 pages1991: 240 pages1998: 240 pagesmedian 226
220230240199019951988: 226 pages1988: 226 pages1988: 226 pages1991: 240 pages1998: 240 pagesmedian 226
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 9 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1998Simon PulseMass Market Paperback240OL7644628M
1991Simon PulsePaperback240OL7663729M
1988Pocket Books–226OL24736764M
1988Pocket BooksPaperback226OL24203411M
1988Pocket Books–226OL22907666M

More by Christopher Pike

All 8 books by Christopher Pike with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Dance?
About 226 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 226 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read The Dance?
About 3 h 59 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Dance?
Roughly 62,000 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)).