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How many pages is An Artist of the Floating World?

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro has a median of 207 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 220 pages.

Median pages
207
10 editions counted
Range
206–280
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page

How long will An Artist of the Floating World 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 39 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.

2002252502751990200020101986: 206 pages1986: 206 pages1987: 206 pages1989: 206 pages2001: 280 pages2001: 206 pages2009: 208 pages2013: 208 pages2016: 224 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 207
20022525027520001986: 206 pages1986: 206 pages1987: 206 pages1989: 206 pages2001: 280 pages2001: 206 pages2009: 208 pages2013: 208 pages2016: 224 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 207
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 26 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Faber & Faber, Incorporated–224OL40756458M
2016Faber & Faber, Limited–224OL28594684M
2013Faber & Faber, Limited–208OL28485165M
2009Faber & Faber, Limited–208OL29003272M
2001Chivers Press–280OL3949867M
2001Faber–206OL21133413M
1989Vintage Books–206OL2216905M
1987Faber & Faber–206OL18915186M

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Questions

How many pages is An Artist of the Floating World?
About 207 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 206 to 280 pages.
How long does it take to read An Artist of the Floating World?
About 3 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is An Artist of the Floating World?
Roughly 57,000 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)).