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Book · by Simone de Beauvoir · first published 1946

How many pages is All Men Are Mortal?

All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir has a median of 389 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 345 to 404 pages.

Median pages
389
7 editions counted
Range
345–527
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
107k
at 275 words per page

How long will All Men Are Mortal 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
6 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005001960198020001946: 527 pages1955: 345 pages1955: 345 pages1967: 389 pages1992: 345 pages1995: 406 pages2003: 403 pagesmedian 389
4005001960198020001946: 527 pages1955: 345 pages1955: 345 pages1967: 389 pages1992: 345 pages1995: 406 pages2003: 403 pagesmedian 389
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2003Virago–403OL18717093M
1995Virago Press, LimitedPaperback406OL8626377M
1992Norton–345OL1705307M
1967Gallimard–389OL20318830M
1955World Pub. Co.–345OL6156379M
1955World Pub. Co.–345OL17962666M
1946Editions Gallimard–527OL21340544M

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Questions

How many pages is All Men Are Mortal?
About 389 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 345 to 527 pages.
How long does it take to read All Men Are Mortal?
About 6 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is All Men Are Mortal?
Roughly 107,000 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)).