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How many pages is The Graveyard Book?

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman has a median of 312 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 304 to 318 pages.

Median pages
312
10 editions counted
Range
192–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
86k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Graveyard Book 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 30 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.

20025030035020062008201020122008: 304 pages2008: 304 pages2008: 312 pages2008: 312 pages2008: 192 pages2009: 320 pages2009: 288 pages2009: 320 pages2010: 336 pages2010: 313 pagesmedian 312
20025030035020062008201020122008: 304 pages2008: 304 pages2008: 312 pages2008: 312 pages2008: 192 pages2009: 320 pages2009: 288 pages2009: 320 pages2010: 336 pages2010: 313 pagesmedian 312
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
Hardcover31235 h 30 min
Paperback30025 h 18 min

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010HarperCollins Publishers–336OL34174296M
2010HarperCollins Children's BooksPaperback313OL26910130M
2009Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–320OL28445762M
2009BloomsburyPaperback288OL24196387M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–320OL29592112M
2008Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–304OL28441608M
2008Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–304OL28436997M
2008BloomsburyHardcover312OL27312882M

More by Neil Gaiman

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Questions

How many pages is The Graveyard Book?
About 312 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read The Graveyard Book?
About 5 h 30 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 Graveyard Book?
Roughly 86,000 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)).