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How many pages is The Farthest Shore?

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin has a median of 214 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 197 to 259 pages.

Median pages
214
21 editions counted
Range
197–389
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
59k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Farthest Shore 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
3 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040019801990200020101972: 223 pages1972: 223 pages1973: 206 pages1974: 214 pages1975: 206 pages1975: 197 pages1975: 197 pages1975: 197 pages1980: 197 pages1984: 206 pages1984: 197 pages1984: 208 pages1987: 197 pages1988: 389 pages1988: 389 pages1990: 223 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 259 pages2004: 272 pages2012: 259 pagesmedian 214
200300400198020001972: 223 pages1972: 223 pages1973: 206 pages1974: 214 pages1975: 206 pages1975: 197 pages1975: 197 pages1975: 197 pages1980: 197 pages1984: 206 pages1984: 197 pages1984: 208 pages1987: 197 pages1988: 389 pages1988: 389 pages1990: 223 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 259 pages2004: 272 pages2012: 259 pagesmedian 214
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
Hardcover24124 h 15 min
Paperback27234 h 48 min
Mass market19733 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Atheneum Books for Young Readers–259OL30423006M
2004PocketPaperback272OL8456761M
2001Simon PulseMass Market Paperback272OL7729788M
2001AladdinPaperback272OL7729884M
2001Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding259OL9576790M
1990AtheneumHardcover223OL7728195M
1988Chivers–389OL17463971M
1988G.K. Hall–389OL2526591M

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Questions

How many pages is The Farthest Shore?
About 214 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 197 to 389 pages.
How long does it take to read The Farthest Shore?
About 3 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Farthest Shore?
Roughly 59,000 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).