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How many pages is The Fountains of Paradise?

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke has a median of 261 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 257 to 330 pages.

Median pages
261
9 editions counted
Range
234–514
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Fountains of Paradise 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
4 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040050019801990200020101979: 261 pages1980: 234 pages1980: 514 pages1980: 305 pages1989: 258 pages1997: 255 pages2000: 257 pages2001: 330 pages2012: 356 pagesmedian 261
200300400500198020001979: 261 pages1980: 234 pages1980: 514 pages1980: 305 pages1989: 258 pages1997: 255 pages2000: 257 pages2001: 330 pages2012: 356 pagesmedian 261
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012RosettaBooks–356OL29372388M
2001Warner/Aspect–330OL3943020M
2000Millennium–257OL20759476M
1997Vista–255OL17439105M
1989VGSF–258OL22833531M
1980Pan Books–234OL18208600M
1980G. K. Hall–514OL4103348M
1980Ballantine BooksPaperback305OL17993465M

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Questions

How many pages is The Fountains of Paradise?
About 261 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 234 to 514 pages.
How long does it take to read The Fountains of Paradise?
About 4 h 36 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 Fountains of Paradise?
Roughly 72,000 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)).