Book · by Carl Sagan · first published 1977
How many pages is The Dragons of Eden?
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan has a median of 271 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 265 to 284 pages.
How long will The Dragons of Eden take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | Hardcover | 288 | OL8756586M |
| 1986 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL9558579M |
| 1978 | Ballantine Books | – | 271 | OL24951593M |
| 1978 | Coronet Books | – | 263 | OL21309226M |
| 1978 | Ballantine Books | – | 271 | OL22926363M |
| 1977 | Random House | – | 263 | OL4906002M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Dragons of Eden?
- About 271 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 263 to 288 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Dragons of Eden?
- About 4 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is The Dragons of Eden?
- Roughly 75,000 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)).