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How many pages is The Tale of the Body Thief?

The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice has a median of 448 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 432 to 538 pages.

Median pages
448
7 editions counted
Range
430–688
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
123k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Tale of the Body Thief 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
7 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40050060070019952000200520101992: 430 pages1992: 430 pages1993: 435 pages1993: 607 pages1995: 468 pages1997: 448 pages2010: 688 pagesmedian 448
400500600700200020101992: 430 pages1992: 430 pages1993: 435 pages1993: 607 pages1995: 468 pages1997: 448 pages2010: 688 pagesmedian 448
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
Hardcover43027 h 35 min
Paperback52829 h 18 min

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Penguin Random House–688OL28438286M
1997Ballantine BooksPaperback448OL9343568M
1995Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback468OL27901423M
1993Ballantine Books–435OL3665081M
1993Penguin BooksPaperback607OL18426581M
1992Chatto & WindusHardcover430OL18395019M
1992KnopfHardcover430OL1744212M

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Questions

How many pages is The Tale of the Body Thief?
About 448 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 430 to 688 pages.
How long does it take to read The Tale of the Body Thief?
About 7 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is The Tale of the Body Thief?
Roughly 123,000 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).