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How many pages is The Year of the Flood?

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood has a median of 441 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 432 to 448 pages.

Median pages
441
6 editions counted
Range
432–448
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
121k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Year of the Flood 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 46 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.

4204404602007200820092010201120122009: 448 pages2009: 434 pages2010: 448 pages2010: 448 pages2010: 432 pages2010: 432 pagesmedian 441
4204404602008201020122009: 448 pages2009: 434 pages2010: 448 pages2010: 448 pages2010: 432 pages2010: 432 pagesmedian 441
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Anchor BooksPaperback448OL24088753M
2010Knopf Canada–448OL28752326M
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–432OL33426546M
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–432OL33398866M
2009McClelland & StewartHardcover448OL24087179M
2009Nan A. Talese/Doubleday–434OL24744458M

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Questions

How many pages is The Year of the Flood?
About 441 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 432 to 448 pages.
How long does it take to read The Year of the Flood?
About 7 h 46 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 Year of the Flood?
Roughly 121,000 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).