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Book · by Cornelia Funke · first published 2002

How many pages is The Thief Lord?

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke has a median of 350 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 349 to 403 pages.

Median pages
350
8 editions counted
Range
348–483
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
96k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Thief Lord 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
6 h 11 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.

350400450500200220032004200520062002: 349 pages2002: 348 pages2003: 349 pages2003: 349 pages2004: 483 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 483 pages2006: 352 pagesmedian 350
3504004505002002200420062002: 349 pages2002: 348 pages2003: 349 pages2003: 349 pages2004: 483 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 483 pages2006: 352 pagesmedian 350
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Scholastic, Incorporated–352OL28742285M
2005Scholastic Inc.–376OL7515349M
2005Thorndike PressPaperback483OL8137067M
2004Thorndike Press–483OL23027481M
2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media–349OL7584987M
2003Scholastic–349OL24221720M
2002Scholastic–349OL23247017M
2002Chicken House–348OL21661266M

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Questions

How many pages is The Thief Lord?
About 350 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 348 to 483 pages.
How long does it take to read The Thief Lord?
About 6 h 11 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 Thief Lord?
Roughly 96,000 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)).