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Book · by James Baldwin · first published 1962

How many pages is Another Country?

Another Country by James Baldwin has a median of 366 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 366 to 422 pages.

Median pages
366
22 editions counted
Range
338–436
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page

How long will Another Country take you?

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Reading time
6 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
13 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.

3504004501970198019901962: 436 pages1962: 366 pages1962: 436 pages1962: 366 pages1962: 436 pages1963: 366 pages1963: 366 pages1963: 350 pages1963: 366 pages1965: 415 pages1967: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 338 pages1972: 436 pages1974: 366 pages1976: 338 pages1980: 338 pages1984: 424 pages1985: 366 pages1988: 366 pages1990: 400 pages1993: 436 pagesmedian 366
35040045019801962: 436 pages1962: 366 pages1962: 436 pages1962: 366 pages1962: 436 pages1963: 366 pages1963: 366 pages1963: 350 pages1963: 366 pages1965: 415 pages1967: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 338 pages1972: 436 pages1974: 366 pages1976: 338 pages1980: 338 pages1984: 424 pages1985: 366 pages1988: 366 pages1990: 400 pages1993: 436 pagesmedian 366
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1993Vintage Books–436OL1743365M
1990Penguin–400OL14948574M
1988Dell–366OL18325837M
1985Dell Books–366OL7520399M
1984Black Swan–424OL15062749M
1980Corgi–338OL22210300M
1976Corgi–338OL22570483M
1974Dell Publishing Co.–366OL22613406M

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Questions

How many pages is Another Country?
About 366 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 338 to 436 pages.
How long does it take to read Another Country?
About 6 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Another Country?
Roughly 101,000 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)).