Author · born 20 April 1564 · died 23 April 1616

William Shakespeare books: page counts

23 books by William Shakespeare with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books

with page data

Longest

1,237

Works [37 Plays, 6 Poems, Sonnets]

Shortest

106

The Comedy of Errors

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
Richard III	1597	194	89–414	3 h 25 min
Sonnets	1609	168	77–370	3 h 14 min
The Tempest	1670	145	66–298	2 h 48 min
The Taming of the Shrew	1671	144	68–306	2 h 46 min
Julius Caesar	1684	138	63–296	2 h 26 min
All's Well That Ends Well	1734	156	70–336	3 h
Antony and Cleopatra	1734	208	95–455	3 h 40 min
As You Like It	1734	159	78–320	2 h 48 min
Much Ado About Nothing	1734	162	74–345	2 h 51 min
The Comedy of Errors	1734	106	53–232	1 h 52 min
Twelfth Night, or What You Will	1734	155	70–328	2 h 44 min
Winter's Tale	1735	176	86–352	3 h 06 min
Plays	1876	909	419–1,486	17 h 30 min
Henry V	1900	173	76–358	3 h 20 min
Romeo and Juliet	1949	191	87–400	3 h 22 min
Hamlet	1950	210	92–440	4 h 03 min
A Midsummer Night's Dream	1963	128	59–275	2 h 28 min
King Lear	1963	220	95–457	4 h 14 min
Works [37 Plays, 6 Poems, Sonnets]	1975	1,237	536–2,464	21 h 48 min
The Merchant of Venice	1992	171	77–347	3 h 01 min
Henry IV, Part 1	1999	160	72–336	2 h 49 min
Macbeth	2003	140	63–302	2 h 28 min
Othello	2006	189	86–409	3 h 20 min

Reading all 23 takes about 103 h 05 min at average speed (5,639 pages).