Book · by J.R.R. Tolkien · first published 1984
How many pages is The Silmarillion?
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien has a median of 417 pages across 34 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 366 to 443 pages.
How long will The Silmarillion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 432 | 5 | 7 h 37 min |
| Paperback | 439 | 5 | 7 h 44 min |
| Mass market | 469 | 2 | 8 h 16 min |
Editions counted
The 34 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 156 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 576 | OL60833860M |
| 2022 | HarperCollins | – | 448 | OL38794381M |
| 2022 | HarperCollins | Hardback | 448 | OL38007310M |
| 2022 | William Morrow | Hardback | 432 | OL38067502M |
| 2015 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers | – | 384 | OL29188927M |
| 2013 | HarperCollins | – | 443 | OL26835827M |
| 2012 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 368 | OL29651678M |
| 2004 | Houghton Mifflin | Hardcover | 386 | OL3321820M |
| 2002 | Minotauro/Argentina | Paperback | 432 | OL13155075M |
| 2002 | Ballantine Books | – | 442 | OL22581121M |
| 2001 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 365 | OL3940674M |
| 1999 | HarperCollinsPublishers | Paperback | 443 | OL27897730M |
| 1999 | HarperCollins | – | 384 | OL26643525M |
| 1999 | HarperCollins Publishers | Paperback | 365 | OL10236394M |
| 1998 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 368 | OL44095861M |
| 1998 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 365 | OL73603M |
| 1997 | The Folio Society | – | 420 | OL18515871M |
| 1994 | BCA | – | 365 | OL17345743M |
| 1988 | Ballantine Books | – | 458 | OL22453556M |
| 1985 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | 439 | OL7274011M |
| 1984 | Minotauro | Hardcover | 496 | OL9131850M |
| 1983 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 458 | OL10684036M |
| 1982 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 480 | OL9380709M |
| 1979 | Unwin Paperbacks | Paperback | 441 | OL17414059M |
| 1979 | Ballantine Books | – | 458 | OL24369555M |
| 1978 | Book Club Associates | – | 414 | OL18768117M |
| 1978 | book club associate london | – | 422 | OL58627158M |
| 1978 | Book Club Associates | – | 414 | OL43139725M |
| 1977 | Allen & Unwin | – | 365 | OL18938388M |
| 1977 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 394 | OL51696417M |
| 1977 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 365 | OL21485737M |
| 1977 | Book Club Associates | Hardcover | 365 | OL51711297M |
| 1977 | Book Club Associates | – | 365 | OL18342798M |
| – | Allen and Unwin | – | 365 | OL19121611M |
More by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 304 pagesThe Hobbit
- 1,168 pagesThe Lord of the Rings
- 432 pagesThe Fellowship of the Ring
- 398 pagesThe Two Towers
- 474 pagesThe Return of the King
- 476 pagesUnfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
All 11 books by J.R.R. Tolkien with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Silmarillion?
- About 417 pages: that is the median of 34 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 365 to 576 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Silmarillion?
- About 7 h 21 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 Silmarillion?
- Roughly 115,000 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)).