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How many pages is The Lathe of Heaven?

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin has a median of 184 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 180 to 184 pages.

Median pages
184
7 editions counted
Range
175–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
51k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Lathe of Heaven 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 15 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.

1701801901980199020001971: 184 pages1979: 184 pages1982: 184 pages1997: 176 pages2001: 184 pages2003: 175 pages2008: 192 pagesmedian 184
170180190198020001971: 184 pages1979: 184 pages1982: 184 pages1997: 176 pages2001: 184 pages2003: 175 pages2008: 192 pagesmedian 184
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008ScribnerPaperback192OL11758234M
2003Perennial Classics–175OL3684800M
2001GollanczPaperback184OL9002809M
1997Eos–176OL7434889M
1982R. Bentley–184OL4271889M
1979Gollancz–184OL20428834M
1971Scribner–184OL23254532M

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Questions

How many pages is The Lathe of Heaven?
About 184 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 175 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read The Lathe of Heaven?
About 3 h 15 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 Lathe of Heaven?
Roughly 51,000 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)).