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How many pages is The Darkest Hour?

The Darkest Hour by Erin Hunter has a median of 326 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 315 to 360 pages.

Median pages
326
6 editions counted
Range
315–368
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
90k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Darkest Hour 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 44 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.

320340360200520072010201220152004: 315 pages2005: 336 pages2006: 315 pages2006: 315 pages2008: 368 pages2015: 368 pagesmedian 325
3203403602005201020152004: 315 pages2005: 336 pages2006: 315 pages2006: 315 pages2008: 368 pages2015: 368 pagesmedian 325
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015HarperCollins Publishers–368OL28548590M
2008HarperCollinspaperback368OL27279019M
2006Avon Books–315OL22649926M
2006Avon Books–315OL23273267M
2005HarperCollins Publishers–336OL28426994M
2004Bound to Stay Bound Books–315OL53355163M

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Questions

How many pages is The Darkest Hour?
About 326 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 315 to 368 pages.
How long does it take to read The Darkest Hour?
About 5 h 44 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 Darkest Hour?
Roughly 90,000 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).