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How many pages is The Lost Colony?

The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer has a median of 385 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 385 to 400 pages.

Median pages
385
13 editions counted
Range
352–487
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Lost Colony 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
6 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3504004505002010201520202006: 376 pages2006: 385 pages2006: 385 pages2007: 385 pages2007: 400 pages2007: 485 pages2008: 352 pages2008: 400 pages2009: 385 pages2009: 385 pages2011: 376 pages2018: 432 pages2020: 487 pagesmedian 385
3504004505002010201520202006: 376 pages2006: 385 pages2006: 385 pages2007: 385 pages2007: 400 pages2007: 485 pages2008: 352 pages2008: 400 pages2009: 385 pages2009: 385 pages2011: 376 pages2018: 432 pages2020: 487 pagesmedian 385
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
Hardcover38566 h 47 min
Paperback39266 h 55 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Thorndike Striving ReaderHardcover487OL28194578M
2018Disney-Hyperionpaperback432OL30537864M
2011PuffinPaperback376OL26022135M
2009Turtleback BooksHardcover385OL26816017M
2009Hyperion BooksPaperback385OL24087613M
2008UllsteinPaperback352OL25775750M
2008MiramaxPaperback400OL9780470M
2007Scholastic–385OL27008205M

More by Eoin Colfer

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Questions

How many pages is The Lost Colony?
About 385 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 487 pages.
How long does it take to read The Lost Colony?
About 6 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Lost Colony?
Roughly 106,000 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)).