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How many pages is Amerika?

Amerika by Franz Kafka has a median of 288 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 256 to 299 pages.

Median pages
288
22 editions counted
Range
216–301
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will Amerika 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 05 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.

2503001960198020001946: 301 pages1946: 277 pages1946: 277 pages1946: 299 pages1946: 277 pages1955: 301 pages1962: 299 pages1962: 299 pages1962: 299 pages1973: 299 pages1987: 299 pages1987: 299 pages1996: 299 pages1996: 216 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 216 pages2004: 216 pages2004: 240 pages2008: 299 pages2012: 272 pages2019: 256 pages2019: 256 pagesmedian 288
2503001950197520001946: 301 pages1946: 277 pages1946: 277 pages1946: 299 pages1946: 277 pages1955: 301 pages1962: 299 pages1962: 299 pages1962: 299 pages1973: 299 pages1987: 299 pages1987: 299 pages1996: 299 pages1996: 216 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 216 pages2004: 216 pages2004: 240 pages2008: 299 pages2012: 272 pages2019: 256 pages2019: 256 pagesmedian 288
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
Hardcover27024 h 45 min
Paperback27024 h 45 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 94 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Penguin Random House–256OL28714439M
2019Penguin Books, Limited–256OL28720921M
2012Oxford University Press–272OL28477494M
2008Schocken Books–299OL18895960M
2004New Directions Books–216OL21189272M
2004New Directions Publishing CorporationPaperback240OL8000010M
2002New Directions Publishing CorporationHardcover240OL7999985M
2002New Directions Books–216OL17074630M

More by Franz Kafka

All 7 books by Franz Kafka with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Amerika?
About 288 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 216 to 301 pages.
How long does it take to read Amerika?
About 5 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Amerika?
Roughly 79,000 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)).