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How many pages is The Foundation Trilogy?

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov has a median of 378 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 226 to 630 pages.

Median pages
378
12 editions counted
Range
187–747
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
104k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Foundation Trilogy 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
6 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2004006008001960198020001950: 227 pages1952: 695 pages1953: 695 pages1966: 187 pages1980: 227 pages1982: 225 pages1982: 227 pages1983: 528 pages2004: 609 pages2010: 605 pages2011: 747 pagesmedian 377
2004006008001950197520001950: 227 pages1952: 695 pages1953: 695 pages1966: 187 pages1980: 227 pages1982: 225 pages1982: 227 pages1983: 528 pages2004: 609 pages2010: 605 pages2011: 747 pagesmedian 377
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 54 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Bantam BooksLeatherbound Hardcover747OL26219343M
2010Everymans Library–605OL25344908M
2004SFBCHardcover609OL7916543M
1983Ballantine BooksPaperback528OL10685017M
1982Doubleday–225OL14443267M
1982Doubleday–227OL3499712M
1980Doubleday–227OL18197057M
1966Sidgwick & Jackson–187OL5591464M

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Questions

How many pages is The Foundation Trilogy?
About 378 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 747 pages.
How long does it take to read The Foundation Trilogy?
About 6 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Foundation Trilogy?
Roughly 104,000 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)).