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How many pages is The Dark Tower?

The Dark Tower by Stephen King has a median of 863 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 790 to 864 pages.

Median pages
863
7 editions counted
Range
704–1,072
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
15h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
237k
at 275 words per page
Book 7 of The Dark Tower
Series in order

How long will The Dark Tower 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
15 h 13 min
At 30 min a day
31 days
At 1 hour a day
16 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

8001,00020022004200620082004: 864 pages2004: 864 pages2004: 845 pages2004: 704 pages2004: 863 pages2006: 1,072 pages2006: 736 pagesmedian 863
8001,00020022004200620082004: 864 pages2004: 864 pages2004: 845 pages2004: 704 pages2004: 863 pages2006: 1,072 pages2006: 736 pagesmedian 863
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006PocketPaperback1,072OL8457078M
2006Hodder & Stoughton–736OL53246082M
2004Donald M. Grant Publisher in association with ScribnerHardcover864OL8679157M
2004Scribner–864OL29568332M
2004Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.–845OL23272355M
2004Hodder & StoughtonHardcover704OL10676804M
2004Donald M. Grant, PublisherHardcover863OL25191206M

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Questions

How many pages is The Dark Tower?
About 863 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 704 to 1,072 pages.
How long does it take to read The Dark Tower?
About 15 h 13 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 31 days.
How many words is The Dark Tower?
Roughly 237,000 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).