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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.

The Screwtape Letters (1962)160That Hideous Strength (1987)382The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1990)223Prince Caspian (1997)216The Horse and His Boy (1997)217Surprised by Joy (1998)238The Chronicles of Narnia (1998)768The Magician's Nephew (2000)186The Silver Chair (2000)217The Last Battle (2001)188The Four Loves (2002)159A Grief Observed71Mere Christianity189Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes…172Out of the Silent Planet174Perelandra222The Abolition of Man113The Great Divorce128The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe186The Problem of Pain148Till We Have Faces320
The Screwtape Letter…160That Hideous Strengt…382The Voyage of the Da…223Prince Caspian (1997)216The Horse and His Bo…217Surprised by Joy (19…238The Chronicles of Na…768The Magician's Nephe…186The Silver Chair (20…217The Last Battle (200…188The Four Loves (2002)159A Grief Observed71Mere Christianity189Novels (Screwtape Le…172Out of the Silent Pl…174Perelandra222The Abolition of Man113The Great Divorce128The Lion, the Witch …186The Problem of Pain148Till We Have Faces320
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
The Screwtape Letters196216093–2242 h 49 min
That Hideous Strength1987382251–4756 h 44 min
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader1990223189–2883 h 56 min
Prince Caspian1997216112–2883 h 48 min
The Horse and His Boy1997217118–3043 h 50 min
Surprised by Joy1998238190–3524 h 35 min
The Chronicles of Narnia1998768523–80013 h 32 min
The Magician's Nephew2000186112–2403 h 17 min
The Silver Chair2000217188–2723 h 50 min
The Last Battle2001188165–2743 h 19 min
The Four Loves2002159127–2093 h 04 min
A Grief Observed–7160–1511 h 22 min
Mere Christianity–190109–3523 h 39 min
Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast)–172128–2243 h 19 min
Out of the Silent Planet–17495–2753 h 04 min

Reading all 21 takes about 84 h 26 min at average speed (4,678 pages).

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)).