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How many pages is The Mote in God's Eye?

The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven has a median of 537 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 475 to 560 pages.

Median pages
537
9 editions counted
Range
475–592
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
148k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Mote in God's Eye 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
9 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50055060019751980198519901974: 537 pages1974: 475 pages1974: 475 pages1974: 560 pages1974: 475 pages1975: 560 pages1975: 537 pages1982: 560 pages1991: 592 pagesmedian 537
500550600198019901974: 537 pages1974: 475 pages1974: 475 pages1974: 560 pages1974: 475 pages1975: 560 pages1975: 537 pages1982: 560 pages1991: 592 pagesmedian 537
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1991PocketMass Market Paperback592OL7663926M
1982Macdonald–560OL15013305M
1975Pocket Books–560OL18194730M
1975Weidenfeld and Nicolson–537OL14987045M
1974Simon and Schuster–537OL5049661M
1974Simon and Schuster–475OL24214456M
1974Simon and Schuster–475OL17580644M
1974Pocket Books–560OL24240634M

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Questions

How many pages is The Mote in God's Eye?
About 537 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 475 to 592 pages.
How long does it take to read The Mote in God's Eye?
About 9 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is The Mote in God's Eye?
Roughly 148,000 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)).