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How many pages is All the Pretty Horses?

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy has a median of 306 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 301 to 310 pages.

Median pages
306
6 editions counted
Range
301–438
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
84k
at 275 words per page

How long will All the Pretty Horses 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 24 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.

30035040045019952000200520101992: 438 pages1992: 301 pages1993: 302 pages1993: 310 pages1999: 301 pages2010: 310 pagesmedian 306
300350400450200020101992: 438 pages1992: 301 pages1993: 302 pages1993: 310 pages1999: 301 pages2010: 310 pagesmedian 306
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 54 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010PicadorPaperback310OL27975578M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding301OL9491612M
1993Vintage Books–302OL1743585M
1993PicadorHardcover310OL10489935M
1992Curley Large Print–438OL1399348M
1992Knopf–301OL1568559M

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Questions

How many pages is All the Pretty Horses?
About 306 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 301 to 438 pages.
How long does it take to read All the Pretty Horses?
About 5 h 24 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is All the Pretty Horses?
Roughly 84,000 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)).