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How many pages is The Stars, Like Dust?

The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov has a median of 218 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 233 pages.

Median pages
218
15 editions counted
Range
191–293
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Stars, Like Dust 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
3 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20025030019601980200020201951: 218 pages1951: 218 pages1958: 191 pages1963: 192 pages1964: 203 pages1966: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1983: 231 pages1986: 224 pages1992: 293 pages2008: 235 pages2008: 240 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 218
200250300197520001951: 218 pages1951: 218 pages1958: 191 pages1963: 192 pages1964: 203 pages1966: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1983: 231 pages1986: 224 pages1992: 293 pages2008: 235 pages2008: 240 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 218
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
Hardcover22123 h 54 min
Paperback20373 h 35 min

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 47 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Random House Publishing Group–256OL29977361M
2008Tor–235OL23160217M
2008OrbPaperback240OL24083540M
1992Spectra/Bantam BooksPaperback293OL7825256M
1986Grafton HarperCollins UKHardcover224OL9830662M
1983Del Rey/Ballantine BooksPaperback231OL9560857M
1972Fawcett Publications–192OL24255810M
1972Fawcett Publications–192OL43618750M

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Questions

How many pages is The Stars, Like Dust?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 191 to 293 pages.
How long does it take to read The Stars, Like Dust?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Stars, Like Dust?
Roughly 60,000 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)).