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How many pages is The Queen of the Damned?

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice has a median of 491 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 448 to 491 pages.

Median pages
491
9 editions counted
Range
448–573
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
135k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Queen of the Damned 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
8 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

45050055019901992199519971988: 448 pages1988: 448 pages1989: 491 pages1989: 448 pages1993: 491 pages1993: 573 pages1997: 464 pages1999: 512 pagesmedian 491
450500550199019951988: 448 pages1988: 448 pages1989: 491 pages1989: 448 pages1993: 491 pages1993: 573 pages1997: 464 pages1999: 512 pagesmedian 491
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover48028 h 28 min
Mass market53229 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding512OL8188999M
1997Ballantine BooksPaperback464OL9366689M
1993Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback491OL24940735M
1993FuturaMass Market Paperback573OL22245254M
1989Ballantine Books–491OL3665080M
1989Macdonald–448OL17514004M
1988Alfred A. KnopfHardcover448OL2062022M
1988Guild Publishing–448OL19641181M

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Questions

How many pages is The Queen of the Damned?
About 491 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 448 to 573 pages.
How long does it take to read The Queen of the Damned?
About 8 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Queen of the Damned?
Roughly 135,000 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)).