How long does it take to read The Taking?

About 6 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.

How many words is The Taking?

Roughly 95,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by Dean Koontz · first published 2004

How many pages is The Taking?

The Taking by Dean Koontz has a median of 345 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 338 to 434 pages.

Median pages

345

8 editions counted

Range

338–688

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

6.1h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

95k

at 275 words per page

How long will The Taking take you?

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Reading speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

6 h 05 min

At 30 min a day

13 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.

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2011	HarperCollins Publishers Limited	–	688	OL29013709M
2005	Charnwood	–	409	OL32145955M
2004	HarperCollins Publishers	hardcover	338	OL27311225M
2004	Bantam Books	–	338	OL23271838M
2004	Random House Large Print	–	511	OL3305856M
2004	HarperCollins Publishers	paperback	352	OL27311224M
2004	Bantam Books	–	338	OL3326534M
2004	[publisher not identified]	–	338	OL39477141M

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Questions

How many pages is The Taking?: About 345 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 338 to 688 pages.
How long does it take to read The Taking?: About 6 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is The Taking?: Roughly 95,000 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)).