Book · by Ken Follett · first published 2007
How many pages is The Pillars of the Earth?
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett has a median of 988 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 973 to 1,085 pages.
How long will The Pillars of the Earth take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 1,088 | 9 | 19 h 11 min |
| Mass market | 1,007 | 3 | 17 h 45 min |
Editions counted
The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 112 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penguin Books | Epub | 992 | OL27718118M |
| 2017 | Pan Books | paperback | 1,091 | OL28152482M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 536 | OL32067678M |
| 2014 | Pan Books | paperback | 1,096 | OL28048099M |
| 2010 | Signet | Mass Market Paperback | 1,007 | OL31860291M |
| 2007 | New American Library | Paperback | 976 | OL7574418M |
| 2007 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 1,008 | OL29566584M |
| 2007 | Pen Books | Paperback | 1,088 | OL24232191M |
| 2007 | New American Library | Paperback | 973 | OL10273607M |
| 2007 | Pan Books | paperback | 1,100 | OL31841828M |
| 2001 | Pan Books | Mass Market Paperback | 1,076 | OL22041470M |
| 2000 | Pan Books | Paperback | 1,104 | OL10491414M |
| 1999 | Plume | – | 976 | OL7590813M |
| 1990 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 973 | OL24949055M |
| 1989 | William Morrow and Company | Hardcover | 973 | OL2190940M |
| 1989 | Macmillan | – | 806 | OL22084591M |
| 1989 | NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY | paperback | 983 | OL32067689M |
| 1989 | William Morrow | – | 943 | OL13634840M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Pillars of the Earth?
- About 988 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 536 to 1,104 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Pillars of the Earth?
- About 17 h 24 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 35 days.
- How many words is The Pillars of the Earth?
- Roughly 272,000 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)).