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How many pages is The Last Hero?

The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett has a median of 176 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 162 to 176 pages.

Median pages
176
6 editions counted
Range
158–176
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page
Book 27 of Discworld
Series in order

How long will The Last Hero 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
3 h 06 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1601701802002200420062001: 158 pages2001: 158 pages2002: 176 pages2002: 176 pages2002: 176 pages2007: 176 pagesmedian 176
1601701802002200420062001: 158 pages2001: 158 pages2002: 176 pages2002: 176 pages2002: 176 pages2007: 176 pagesmedian 176
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007GollanczPaperback176OL27099305M
2002EosPaperback176OL9232073M
2002Tandem LibraryUnknown Binding176OL8459536M
2002GollanczPaperback176OL7878700M
2001Victor Gollancz–158OL18712975M
2001HarperCollins–158OL3948971M

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Questions

How many pages is The Last Hero?
About 176 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 158 to 176 pages.
How long does it take to read The Last Hero?
About 3 h 06 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is The Last Hero?
Roughly 48,000 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).