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How many pages is The Drawing of the Three?

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King has a median of 455 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 480 pages.

Median pages
455
19 editions counted
Range
399–552
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
125k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Drawing of the Three take you?

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Reading time
8 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.

4004505005501990200020101987: 399 pages1987: 399 pages1989: 422 pages1989: 400 pages1989: 399 pages1989: 399 pages1990: 463 pages1990: 400 pages1997: 455 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 455 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 463 pages2003: 406 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 455 pages2013: 552 pages2017: 528 pagesmedian 455
4004505005501990200020101987: 399 pages1987: 399 pages1989: 422 pages1989: 400 pages1989: 399 pages1989: 399 pages1990: 463 pages1990: 400 pages1997: 455 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 455 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 463 pages2003: 406 pages2003: 480 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 455 pages2013: 552 pages2017: 528 pagesmedian 455
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover44027 h 45 min
Paperback44367 h 49 min

Editions counted

The 19 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 78 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Pocket Books–528OL26832253M
2013W F Howes LtdPaperback552OL31892470M
2003Signetpaperback480OL7574517M
2003New English Library–455OL15536041M
2003Hodder & Stoughton–496OL53243266M
2003Signet–463OL53178442M
2003PlumePaperback406OL3683090M
2003Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding480OL9880267M

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Questions

How many pages is The Drawing of the Three?
About 455 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 399 to 552 pages.
How long does it take to read The Drawing of the Three?
About 8 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Drawing of the Three?
Roughly 125,000 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).