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How many pages is The Gods Themselves?

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov has a median of 288 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 288 pages.

Median pages
288
9 editions counted
Range
252–293
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Gods Themselves 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
5 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

26028030019751980198519901972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1973: 252 pages1985: 288 pages1988: 288 pages1990: 293 pagesmedian 288
260280300198019901972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1972: 288 pages1973: 252 pages1985: 288 pages1988: 288 pages1990: 293 pagesmedian 288
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1990Spectra/Bantam BooksPaperback293OL7824881M
1988Ballantine Books–288OL22005443M
1985Gollancz–288OL15069044M
1973Grafton–252OL15080941M
1972Gollancz–288OL17330209M
1972Doubleday–288OL5327155M
1972Doubleday–288OL27261468M
1972Fawcett–288OL40255679M

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Questions

How many pages is The Gods Themselves?
About 288 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 252 to 293 pages.
How long does it take to read The Gods Themselves?
About 5 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Gods Themselves?
Roughly 79,000 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)).