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How many pages is The Fifth Elephant?

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett has a median of 462 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 372 to 464 pages.

Median pages
462
8 editions counted
Range
317–494
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
127k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Fifth Elephant 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 09 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.

3004005002000200520102000: 317 pages2000: 494 pages2000: 321 pages2000: 460 pages2001: 389 pages2006: 464 pages2013: 464 pages2014: 464 pagesmedian 462
3004005002000200520102000: 317 pages2000: 494 pages2000: 321 pages2000: 460 pages2001: 389 pages2006: 464 pages2013: 464 pages2014: 464 pagesmedian 462
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 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 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Harpermass market paperback464OL29667101M
2013Penguin Random House–464OL28502773M
2006CorgiPaperback464OL7815562M
2001HarperTorch–389OL26641480M
2000BCA–317OL20093136M
2000G.K. Hall–494OL6788161M
2000HarperCollins–321OL46027M
2000Corgi BooksPaperback460OL7815225M

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Questions

How many pages is The Fifth Elephant?
About 462 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 317 to 494 pages.
How long does it take to read The Fifth Elephant?
About 8 h 09 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 Fifth Elephant?
Roughly 127,000 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).