Author · born 21 September 1947

Stephen King books: page counts

66 books by Stephen King with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books

with page data

Longest

1,138

Shortest

184

The Colorado Kid

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Open Library edition records.

Every book

Book	First published	Median pages	Range	Reading time
Carrie	1974	245	152–360	4 h 19 min
The Gunslinger	1976	244	212–361	4 h 18 min
Night Shift	1978	344	300–544	6 h 04 min
The Stand	1978	834	734–1,440	14 h 42 min
Danse Macabre	1981	464	400–512	8 h 56 min
Different Seasons	1982	544	300–699	10 h 28 min
Christine	1983	503	300–917	8 h 52 min
The Dead Zone	1983	402	300–656	7 h 05 min
Thinner	1984	318	288–432	5 h 36 min
The Bachman Books	1985	880	692–992	15 h 31 min
It	1986	1,138	912–1,488	20 h 04 min
The Drawing of the Three	1987	455	399–552	8 h 01 min
The Eyes of the Dragon	1987	380	326–443	6 h 42 min
The Talisman	1987	770	644–992	13 h 34 min
The Tommyknockers	1987	572	300–992	10 h 06 min
Needful Things	1991	736	690–1,044	12 h 58 min
Roadwork	1991	400	273–416	7 h 03 min
The Waste Lands	1991	512	422–624	9 h 02 min
Gerald's Game	1992	389	300–480	6 h 51 min
Skeleton Crew	1992	574	300–784	11 h 03 min
The Shining	1992	464	416–704	8 h 11 min
The Dark Half	1993	450	300–608	7 h 55 min
Rose Madder	1995	479	300–652	8 h 27 min
Pet Sematary	1996	423	300–634	7 h 27 min
The Green Mile	1996	474	399–633	8 h 22 min
The Regulators	1996	464	334–584	8 h 11 min
Wizard and Glass	1997	699	668–928	12 h 19 min
Bag of Bones	1998	546	300–901	9 h 38 min
Firestarter	1998	422	300–632	7 h 26 min
Hearts in Atlantis	1999	517	300–759	9 h 07 min
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon	1999	240	211–300	4 h 14 min
The Running Man	1999	286	219–416	5 h 03 min
On Writing	2000	291	256–432	5 h 08 min
Black House	2001	658	300–1,044	11 h 36 min
Dreamcatcher	2001	704	599–928	12 h 25 min
From a Buick 8	2002	479	300–503	8 h 27 min
Misery	2002	384	310–492	6 h 46 min
Wolves of the Calla	2003	714	616–925	12 h 35 min
Song of Susannah	2004	422	413–560	7 h 26 min
The Dark Tower	2004	863	704–1,072	15 h 13 min
The Colorado Kid	2005	184	184–205	3 h 15 min
Cell	2006	480	384–709	8 h 28 min
Lisey's Story	2006	582	513–825	10 h 16 min
Blaze	2007	321	285–449	5 h 40 min
Everything's Eventual	2007	462	416–608	8 h 08 min
Duma Key	2008	696	583–1,104	12 h 17 min
'Salem’s Lot	–	427	300–784	7 h 32 min
11/22/63	–	849	740–1,033	14 h 58 min
Cujo	–	320	277–497	5 h 38 min
Desperation	–	566	300–761	9 h 59 min
Doctor Sleep	–	531	499–672	10 h 14 min
Dolores Claiborne	–	307	241–400	5 h 25 min
End of Watch	–	448	354–615	7 h 54 min
Four Past Midnight	–	763	584–1,008	13 h 27 min
Full Dark, No Stars	–	384	340–576	6 h 46 min
If It Bleeds	–	448	384–528	7 h 54 min
Insomnia	–	774	591–951	13 h 38 min
Just After Sunset	–	379	353–607	6 h 41 min
Mr. Mercedes	–	448	280–662	7 h 54 min
Nightmares & Dreamscapes	–	840	593–1,062	14 h 48 min
Revival	–	410	373–599	7 h 14 min
The Institute	–	561	485–672	9 h 53 min
The Long Walk	–	391	253–400	6 h 54 min
The Outsider	–	576	496–796	10 h 09 min
The Wind Through the Keyhole	–	344	320–477	6 h 03 min
Under the Dome	–	1,074	880–1,417	18 h 56 min

Reading all 66 takes about 607 h 08 min at average speed (34,246 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)).