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How many pages is The Source of Magic?

The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony has a median of 326 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 326 pages.

Median pages
326
10 editions counted
Range
326–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
90k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Source of Magic 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
5 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

320330340198019821985198719901979: 326 pages1979: 326 pages1982: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1986: 326 pages1987: 336 pages1990: 326 pages1991: 326 pagesmedian 326
3203303401980198519901979: 326 pages1979: 326 pages1982: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1984: 326 pages1986: 326 pages1987: 336 pages1990: 326 pages1991: 326 pagesmedian 326
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 16 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1991Orbit–326OL15186932M
1990Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaTurtleback326OL10924626M
1987Del ReyMass Market Paperback336OL9769597M
1986Del ReyMass Market Paperback326OL9646587M
1984Macdonald & Co–326OL20122145M
1984FuturaPaperback326OL17177128M
1984Macdonald & Co.–326OL17192992M
1982Ballantine Books–326OL24947345M

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Questions

How many pages is The Source of Magic?
About 326 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 326 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read The Source of Magic?
About 5 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Source of Magic?
Roughly 90,000 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).