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How many pages is A Grief Observed?

A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis has a median of 71 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 60 to 103 pages.

Median pages
71
19 editions counted
Range
60–151
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
20k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Grief Observed take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
1 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

50100150198020001961: 60 pages1961: 60 pages1963: 60 pages1963: 60 pages1964: 60 pages1966: 60 pages1973: 60 pages1976: 151 pages1976: 151 pages1980: 151 pages1984: 71 pages1984: 71 pages1989: 89 pages1994: 94 pages2001: 76 pages2009: 112 pages2012: 64 pages2013: 64 pages2015: 128 pagesmedian 71
50100150198020001961: 60 pages1961: 60 pages1963: 60 pages1963: 60 pages1964: 60 pages1966: 60 pages1973: 60 pages1976: 151 pages1976: 151 pages1980: 151 pages1984: 71 pages1984: 71 pages1989: 89 pages1994: 94 pages2001: 76 pages2009: 112 pages2012: 64 pages2013: 64 pages2015: 128 pagesmedian 71
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 44 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Faber & Faber, Limited–128OL28530542M
2013Faber & Faber, Limited–64OL28489166M
2012Faber & Faber, Limited–64OL33445284M
2009HarperCollins Publishers–112OL29583664M
2001HarperSanFrancisco–76OL6794586M
1994HarperSanFrancisco–94OL834216M
1989Harper & Row–89OL2062266M
1984Walker and Company–71OL16797037M

More by C. S. Lewis

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Questions

How many pages is A Grief Observed?
About 71 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 60 to 151 pages.
How long does it take to read A Grief Observed?
About 1 h 22 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is A Grief Observed?
Roughly 20,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

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)).