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How many pages is The Ship Who Sang?

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey has a median of 248 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 256 pages.

Median pages
248
9 editions counted
Range
205–349
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Ship Who Sang 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
4 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20025030035019701980199020001969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1971: 349 pages1972: 205 pages1976: 248 pages1980: 206 pages1982: 206 pages1985: 256 pages2009: 336 pagesmedian 248
200250300350198020001969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1971: 349 pages1972: 205 pages1976: 248 pages1980: 206 pages1982: 206 pages1985: 256 pages2009: 336 pagesmedian 248
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 22 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Penguin Random House–336OL28456830M
1985Del ReyMass Market Paperback256OL9838702M
1982Corgi–206OL22827136M
1980Corgi–206OL15060763M
1976Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback248OL10682345M
1972CorgiPaperback205OL22641026M
1971Rapp and Whiting–349OL21544309M
1969Walker–248OL4434566M

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Questions

How many pages is The Ship Who Sang?
About 248 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 205 to 349 pages.
How long does it take to read The Ship Who Sang?
About 4 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Ship Who Sang?
Roughly 68,000 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)).