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Book · by 村上春樹 · first published 2007

How many pages is After Dark?

After Dark by 村上春樹 has a median of 212 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 240 pages.

Median pages
212
8 editions counted
Range
201–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
58k
at 275 words per page

How long will After Dark 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
3 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002503003502005200620072008200920102007: 208 pages2007: 241 pages2007: 201 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 217 pages2008: 208 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 336 pagesmedian 212
2002503003502006200820102007: 208 pages2007: 241 pages2007: 201 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 217 pages2008: 208 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 336 pagesmedian 212
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover22423 h 57 min
Paperback24034 h 14 min

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Penguin Random House–208OL28435192M
2008VintagePaperback240OL9463288M
2008Vintage CanadaPaperback336OL9644073M
2007KnopfHardcover208OL9396183M
2007Thorndike PressHardcover241OL9456277M
2007Harvill PressPaperback201OL9369915M
2007Bond Street Books–208OL7441786M
2007Clipper Large Print–217OL32778365M

More by 村上春樹

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Questions

How many pages is After Dark?
About 212 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 201 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read After Dark?
About 3 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is After Dark?
Roughly 58,000 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)).