Author · born 29 November 1898 · died 22 November 1963
C. S. Lewis books: page counts
21 books by C. S. Lewis with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.
Books
21
with page data
Longest
768
The Chronicles of Narnia
Shortest
71
A Grief Observed
Pages per book
Median page count, in order of first publication.
Every book
| Book | First published | Median pages | Range | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Screwtape Letters | 1962 | 160 | 93–224 | 2 h 49 min |
| That Hideous Strength | 1987 | 382 | 251–475 | 6 h 44 min |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 1990 | 223 | 189–288 | 3 h 56 min |
| Prince Caspian | 1997 | 216 | 112–288 | 3 h 48 min |
| The Horse and His Boy | 1997 | 217 | 118–304 | 3 h 50 min |
| Surprised by Joy | 1998 | 238 | 190–352 | 4 h 35 min |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | 1998 | 768 | 523–800 | 13 h 32 min |
| The Magician's Nephew | 2000 | 186 | 112–240 | 3 h 17 min |
| The Silver Chair | 2000 | 217 | 188–272 | 3 h 50 min |
| The Last Battle | 2001 | 188 | 165–274 | 3 h 19 min |
| The Four Loves | 2002 | 159 | 127–209 | 3 h 04 min |
| A Grief Observed | – | 71 | 60–151 | 1 h 22 min |
| Mere Christianity | – | 190 | 109–352 | 3 h 39 min |
| Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast) | – | 172 | 128–224 | 3 h 19 min |
| Out of the Silent Planet | – | 174 | 95–275 | 3 h 04 min |
| Perelandra | – | 222 | 190–256 | 3 h 55 min |
| The Abolition of Man | – | 113 | 52–121 | 2 h 11 min |
| The Great Divorce | – | 128 | 118–160 | 2 h 28 min |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | – | 186 | 110–256 | 3 h 17 min |
| The Problem of Pain | – | 148 | 125–162 | 2 h 51 min |
| Till We Have Faces | – | 320 | 275–368 | 5 h 38 min |
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)).