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Book · by Dan Simmons · first published 2007

How many pages is The Terror?

The Terror by Dan Simmons has a median of 944 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 785 to 944 pages.

Median pages
944
7 editions counted
Range
784–960
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
17h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
260k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Terror 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
16 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
34 days
At 1 hour a day
17 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

80090020102015202020252007: 784 pages2007: 786 pages2007: 784 pages2008: 944 pages2009: 960 pages2010: 944 pages2025: 944 pagesmedian 944
800900201020202007: 784 pages2007: 786 pages2007: 784 pages2008: 944 pages2009: 960 pages2010: 944 pages2025: 944 pagesmedian 944
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Penguin Books, Limited–944OL57551000M
2010Penguin Random House–944OL34423753M
2009Little, Brown and Co.–960OL26331620M
2008Bantam BooksPaperback944OL28435248M
2007Back Bay BooksPaperback784OL9834840M
2007Back Bay Books–786OL46961629M
2007Little, Brown and CompanyHardcover784OL9662112M

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Questions

How many pages is The Terror?
About 944 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 784 to 960 pages.
How long does it take to read The Terror?
About 16 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 34 days.
How many words is The Terror?
Roughly 260,000 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)).