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How many pages is Uglies?

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld has a median of 436 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 425 to 448 pages.

Median pages
436
6 editions counted
Range
425–501
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
120k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Uglies 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 42 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.

4505002005200620072008200920102005: 425 pages2005: 425 pages2006: 448 pages2007: 501 pages2008: 425 pages2010: 448 pagesmedian 436
4505002006200820102005: 425 pages2005: 425 pages2006: 448 pages2007: 501 pages2008: 425 pages2010: 448 pagesmedian 436
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–448OL29053468M
2008Paw Prints 2008-04-18–425OL26829158M
2007Thorndike PressHardcover501OL9474703M
2006SIMON & SCHUSTER CHIPaperback448OL8458051M
2005Simon Pulse–425OL3314799M
2005Simon Pulse–425OL22860333M

Questions

How many pages is Uglies?
About 436 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 425 to 501 pages.
How long does it take to read Uglies?
About 7 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Uglies?
Roughly 120,000 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).