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Author · born 7 July 1907 · died 8 May 1988

Robert A. Heinlein books: page counts

12 books by Robert A. Heinlein with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
12
with page data
Longest
511
The Number of the Beast
Shortest
164
Double Star

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Citizen of the Galaxy280Double Star164Friday368Have Spacesuit--Will Travel255Methuselah's Children189Starship Troopers222Stranger in a Strange Land418The Door into Summer189The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress302The Number of the Beast511Three by Heinlein426Tunnel in the Sky272
Citizen of the Galaxy280Double Star164Friday368Have Spacesuit--Will…255Methuselah's Children189Starship Troopers222Stranger in a Strang…418The Door into Summer189The Moon Is a Harsh …302The Number of the Be…511Three by Heinlein426Tunnel in the Sky272
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Citizen of the Galaxy–280239–3204 h 56 min
Double Star–164128–2432 h 54 min
Friday–368344–4286 h 29 min
Have Spacesuit--Will Travel–256175–2764 h 30 min
Methuselah's Children–190160–2763 h 20 min
Starship Troopers–222204–3623 h 55 min
Stranger in a Strange Land–418400–6557 h 22 min
The Door into Summer–189159–3043 h 20 min
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress–302288–3835 h 19 min
The Number of the Beast–511511–5559 h
Three by Heinlein–426426–4267 h 31 min
Tunnel in the Sky–272214–2734 h 48 min

Reading all 12 takes about 63 h 25 min at average speed (3,598 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)).