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Author · born 6 June 1875 · died 12 August 1955

Thomas Mann books: page counts

3 books by Thomas Mann with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
3
with page data
Longest
729
The Magic Mountain
Shortest
510
Doctor Faustus

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Buddenbrooks (1909)604Doctor Faustus (1947)510The Magic Mountain (2005)729
Buddenbrooks (1909)604Doctor Faustus (1947)510The Magic Mountain (…729
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Buddenbrooks1909604359–73110 h 39 min
Doctor Faustus1947510489–8378 h 59 min
The Magic Mountain2005729448–90012 h 51 min

Reading all 3 takes about 32 h 29 min at average speed (1,843 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)).