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How many pages is The Serpent's Shadow?

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan has a median of 411 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 406 to 416 pages.

Median pages
411
6 editions counted
Range
406–464
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
113k
at 275 words per page
Book 3 of The Kane Chronicles
Series in order

How long will The Serpent's Shadow 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
7 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40042545047520122014201620182012: 406 pages2012: 416 pages2012: 416 pages2013: 464 pages2013: 406 pages2018: 406 pagesmedian 411
40042545047520122014201620182012: 406 pages2012: 416 pages2012: 416 pages2013: 464 pages2013: 406 pages2018: 406 pagesmedian 411
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
Hardcover41127 h 15 min
Paperback41127 h 15 min

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 44 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Puffinpaperback406OL35291654M
2013Disney Hyperion–464OL26793487M
2013Bound to Stay Bound Books–406OL53351994M
2012Disney Hyperion BooksHardcover406OL25312316M
2012Puffin Group AustraliaPaperback416OL37041328M
2012Hyperion BooksHardcover416OL25986671M

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Questions

How many pages is The Serpent's Shadow?
About 411 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 406 to 464 pages.
How long does it take to read The Serpent's Shadow?
About 7 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Serpent's Shadow?
Roughly 113,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).