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Book · by Ursula K. Le Guin · first published 1974

How many pages is The Dispossessed?

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin has a median of 328 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 316 to 385 pages.

Median pages
328
16 editions counted
Range
311–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
90k
at 275 words per page
Book 5 of Hainish Cycle
Series in order

How long will The Dispossessed 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 46 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.

300350400198019902000201020201974: 358 pages1974: 311 pages1974: 319 pages1975: 311 pages1975: 319 pages1975: 311 pages1975: 311 pages1991: 387 pages1994: 400 pages1996: 319 pages1999: 341 pages1999: 318 pages2001: 387 pages2003: 387 pages2019: 336 pages2024: 384 pagesmedian 327
3003504001980200020201974: 358 pages1974: 311 pages1974: 319 pages1975: 311 pages1975: 319 pages1975: 311 pages1975: 311 pages1991: 387 pages1994: 400 pages1996: 319 pages1999: 341 pages1999: 318 pages2001: 387 pages2003: 387 pages2019: 336 pages2024: 384 pagesmedian 327
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 75 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024HarperCollins Publishers–384OL57571151M
2019Orion Publishing Group, Limited–336OL28726802M
2003Perennial Classics–387OL3684801M
2001EOS–387OL20188291M
1999Gollancz–341OL5424470M
1999Millennium–318OL22131875M
1996Voyager–319OL21435641M
1994EosMass Market Paperback400OL9241774M

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Questions

How many pages is The Dispossessed?
About 328 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 311 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read The Dispossessed?
About 5 h 46 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 Dispossessed?
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).