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Book · by 村上春樹 · first published 1996

How many pages is A Wild Sheep Chase?

A Wild Sheep Chase by 村上春樹 has a median of 299 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 299 to 320 pages.

Median pages
299
5 editions counted
Range
299–368
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
82k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Wild Sheep Chase take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
5 h 16 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3003253503751990200020101989: 299 pages1990: 299 pages1990: 299 pages2002: 368 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 299
3003253503751990200020101989: 299 pages1990: 299 pages1990: 299 pages2002: 368 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 299
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Penguin Random House–320OL28565983M
2002Vintage–368OL7426704M
1990Hamish Hamilton–299OL14971455M
1990Penguin Books–299OL1879547M
1989Kodansha InternationalHardcover299OL2068263M

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Questions

How many pages is A Wild Sheep Chase?
About 299 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 299 to 368 pages.
How long does it take to read A Wild Sheep Chase?
About 5 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is A Wild Sheep Chase?
Roughly 82,000 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)).