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How many pages is The Diamond Age?

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson has a median of 499 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 455 to 499 pages.

Median pages
499
5 editions counted
Range
455–499
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
137k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Diamond Age 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
8 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4604805001995200020051995: 455 pages1996: 499 pages1996: 499 pages2000: 455 pages2008: 499 pagesmedian 499
4604805001995200020051995: 455 pages1996: 499 pages1996: 499 pages2000: 455 pages2008: 499 pagesmedian 499
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Bantam Books–499OL23230596M
2000Bantam Books–455OL21661435M
1996Bantam Books–499OL18048274M
1996Bantam Books–499OL24941716M
1995Bantam BooksHardcover455OL1105350M

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Questions

How many pages is The Diamond Age?
About 499 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 455 to 499 pages.
How long does it take to read The Diamond Age?
About 8 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Diamond Age?
Roughly 137,000 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)).