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How many pages is Thief of Time?

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett has a median of 431 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 369 to 432 pages.

Median pages
431
8 editions counted
Range
320–432
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
119k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Thief of Time 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 36 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.

350400200520102001: 320 pages2001: 324 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 430 pages2007: 432 pages2008: 432 pages2013: 432 pages2014: 432 pagesmedian 431
350400200520102001: 320 pages2001: 324 pages2002: 384 pages2002: 430 pages2007: 432 pages2008: 432 pages2013: 432 pages2014: 432 pagesmedian 431
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
Paperback43127 h 36 min
Mass market40827 h 12 min

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Harpermass market paperback432OL31936835M
2013Penguin Random House–432OL28502779M
2008Transworld Publishers Limited–432OL33397734M
2007CorgiPaperback432OL7815566M
2002HarperTorchMass Market Paperback384OL9241445M
2002Corgi BooksPaperback430OL7815343M
2001Doubleday–320OL7441367M
2001HarperCollins–324OL6795375M

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Questions

How many pages is Thief of Time?
About 431 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 432 pages.
How long does it take to read Thief of Time?
About 7 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Thief of Time?
Roughly 119,000 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).