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How many pages is The Ministry for the Future?

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson has a median of 576 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 563 to 576 pages.

Median pages
576
5 editions counted
Range
480–576
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
10h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
158k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Ministry for the Future 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
10 h 09 min
At 30 min a day
21 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5005502018201920202021202220232020: 576 pages2020: 576 pages2020: 480 pages2020: 576 pages2021: 563 pagesmedian 576
5005502018202020222020: 576 pages2020: 576 pages2020: 480 pages2020: 576 pages2021: 563 pagesmedian 576
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021OrbitPaperback563OL30200177M
2020Orbit–576OL38054900M
2020OrbitHardcover576OL29862744M
2020Little, Brown Book Group Limited–480OL29493282M
2020Little, Brown Book Group Limited–576OL30167811M

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Questions

How many pages is The Ministry for the Future?
About 576 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 480 to 576 pages.
How long does it take to read The Ministry for the Future?
About 10 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 21 days.
How many words is The Ministry for the Future?
Roughly 158,000 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)).