Book · by Ursula K. Le Guin
How many pages is The Left Hand of Darkness?
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin has a median of 288 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 256 to 304 pages.
How long will The Left Hand of Darkness take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 91 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 336 | OL29391641M |
| 2017 | Gollancz | Paperback | 304 | OL26794603M |
| 2016 | Penguin Classics | – | 288 | OL27000706M |
| 2016 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 256 | OL33517960M |
| 2003 | Ace Books | – | 304 | OL20525469M |
| 2000 | Ace | Paperback | 304 | OL7524131M |
| 1994 | Walker | – | 345 | OL1102213M |
| 1992 | Easton Press | – | 213 | OL57361363M |
| 1992 | Orbit | – | 256 | OL18198066M |
| 1987 | Ace | Paperback | 304 | OL7525849M |
| 1982 | Ace Books | – | 304 | OL7525844M |
| 1981 | Macdonald Futura | – | 256 | OL18275126M |
| 1980 | Harper & Row | – | 213 | OL4401559M |
| 1979 | Ace books | – | 304 | OL19319528M |
| 1977 | ace books | – | 322 | OL58916236M |
| 1974 | Ace books | – | 286 | OL18600932M |
| 1969 | Ace Pub. Corp. | – | 286 | OL23314204M |
| 1969 | Macdonald & Co | – | 286 | OL22321531M |
| 1969 | Walker and Company New York | – | 230 | OL58688990M |
| 1969 | Ace Books | – | 304 | OL19812744M |
| 1969 | Walker | – | 286 | OL5303977M |
More by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 197 pagesA Wizard of Earthsea
- 328 pagesThe Dispossessed
- 160 pagesThe Tombs of Atuan
- 184 pagesThe Lathe of Heaven
- 214 pagesThe Farthest Shore
- 169 pagesThe Word for World is Forest
All 10 books by Ursula K. Le Guin with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Left Hand of Darkness?
- About 288 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 213 to 345 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Left Hand of Darkness?
- 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 Left Hand of Darkness?
- 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).