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How many pages is Xenocide?

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card has a median of 512 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 416 to 576 pages.

Median pages
512
10 editions counted
Range
394–608
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
141k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Xenocide 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
9 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

40050060019952000200520101991: 463 pages1992: 592 pages1992: 562 pages1992: 608 pages1996: 416 pages1996: 394 pages1997: 416 pages2008: 576 pages2009: 416 pages2011: 576 pagesmedian 512
400500600200020101991: 463 pages1992: 592 pages1992: 562 pages1992: 608 pages1996: 416 pages1996: 394 pages1997: 416 pages2008: 576 pages2009: 416 pages2011: 576 pagesmedian 512
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 38 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–576OL33401892M
2009Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom–416OL33973324M
2008OrbitPaperback576OL8998916M
1997Doubleday BooksHardcover416OL8690335M
1996Tor BooksPaperback416OL9763244M
1996Tor–394OL814898M
1992Tor–592OL49809302M
1992LegendPaperback562OL9273997M

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Questions

How many pages is Xenocide?
About 512 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 394 to 608 pages.
How long does it take to read Xenocide?
About 9 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Xenocide?
Roughly 141,000 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).