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How many pages is The Sun and the Star?

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan has a median of 471 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 471 to 484 pages.

Median pages
471
8 editions counted
Range
400–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
130k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Sun and the Star take you?

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Reading time
8 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4004505002021202220232024202520262023: 471 pages2023: 471 pages2023: 480 pages2023: 471 pages2023: 471 pages2024: 400 pages2024: 496 pages2024: 496 pagesmedian 471
4004505002022202420262023: 471 pages2023: 471 pages2023: 480 pages2023: 471 pages2023: 471 pages2024: 400 pages2024: 496 pages2024: 496 pagesmedian 471
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
Hardcover47628 h 23 min
Paperback47148 h 18 min

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 14 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024Penguin Books, LimitedPaperback400OL50620344M
2024Disney Publishing GroupPaperback496OL48568059M
2024Disney Publishing Worldwide–496OL53327585M
2023Penguin Books, LimitedHardcover471OL39960413M
2023Penguin Books, LimitedPaperback471OL39960389M
2023Disney HyperionHardcover480OL40136587M
2023Hyperion PressPaperback471OL40188853M
2023Bound to Stay Bound Books–471OL53336134M

More by Rick Riordan

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Questions

How many pages is The Sun and the Star?
About 471 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 496 pages.
How long does it take to read The Sun and the Star?
About 8 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Sun and the Star?
Roughly 130,000 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)).