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How many pages is The Three-Body Problem?

The Three-Body Problem by 刘慈欣 has a median of 424 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 404 to 434 pages.

Median pages
424
6 editions counted
Range
400–448
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
117k
at 275 words per page
Book 1 of Remembrance of Earth's Past
Series in order

How long will The Three-Body Problem 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 28 min
At 30 min a day
15 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.

4004204404602014201520162017201820192014: 400 pages2014: 400 pages2015: 434 pages2016: 416 pages2018: 448 pages2019: 432 pagesmedian 424
4004204404602014201620182014: 400 pages2014: 400 pages2015: 434 pages2016: 416 pages2018: 448 pages2019: 432 pagesmedian 424
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 44 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Eesti Raamat–432OL32215860M
2018Head of Zeus–448OL30591839M
2016A Tor Book / Tom Doherty AssociatesPaperback416OL26818690M
2015Head of ZeusPaperback434OL31898458M
2014Tor BooksHardcover400OL25840917M
2014Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–400OL29693057M

Questions

How many pages is The Three-Body Problem?
About 424 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 448 pages.
How long does it take to read The Three-Body Problem?
About 7 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Three-Body Problem?
Roughly 117,000 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).