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How many pages is The Song of Achilles?

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller has a median of 388 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 356 to 414 pages.

Median pages
388
6 editions counted
Range
352–656
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
107k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Song of Achilles 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
6 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600700201520202011: 368 pages2011: 352 pages2012: 416 pages2017: 352 pages2024: 656 pages2024: 408 pagesmedian 388
400500600700201520202011: 368 pages2011: 352 pages2012: 416 pages2017: 352 pages2024: 656 pages2024: 408 pagesmedian 388
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–656OL57554339M
2024EccoHardcover408OL25321714M
2017Bloomsbury PublishingPaperback352OL32045117M
2012Isis Large Printhardcover416OL30528808M
2011Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–368OL34473277M
2011Bloomsbury PublishingHardcover352OL61084642M

Questions

How many pages is The Song of Achilles?
About 388 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 352 to 656 pages.
How long does it take to read The Song of Achilles?
About 6 h 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Song of Achilles?
Roughly 107,000 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)).