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How many pages is Anthem?

Anthem by Ayn Rand has a median of 92 pages across 64 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 68 to 123 pages.

Median pages
92
64 editions counted
Range
48–147
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
25k
at 275 words per page

How long will Anthem take you?

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Reading time
1 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50100150194019601980200020201937: 134 pages1938: 147 pages1938: 102 pages1946: 98 pages1946: 128 pages1946: 130 pages1946: 132 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1947: 98 pages1953: 105 pages1961: 130 pages1961: 123 pages1961: 132 pages1961: 123 pages1961: 123 pages1966: 105 pages1995: 128 pages2006: 84 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 80 pages2006: 88 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 92 pages2006: 80 pages2006: 62 pages2006: 50 pages2006: 116 pages2006: 76 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 60 pages2007: 66 pages2008: 113 pages2012: 100 pages2013: 86 pages2013: 56 pages2013: 72 pages2013: 112 pages2014: 56 pages2014: 56 pages2014: 96 pages2014: 80 pages2014: 56 pages2015: 64 pages2017: 94 pages2017: 92 pages2017: 88 pages2017: 98 pages2018: 62 pages2018: 72 pages2018: 94 pages2018: 136 pages2018: 48 pages2018: 54 pages2019: 70 pages2020: 64 pages2020: 54 pages2021: 69 pages2021: 126 pages2025: 80 pagesmedian 92
50100150195020001937: 134 pages1938: 147 pages1938: 102 pages1946: 98 pages1946: 128 pages1946: 130 pages1946: 132 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1946: 123 pages1947: 98 pages1953: 105 pages1961: 130 pages1961: 123 pages1961: 132 pages1961: 123 pages1961: 123 pages1966: 105 pages1995: 128 pages2006: 84 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 80 pages2006: 88 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 92 pages2006: 80 pages2006: 62 pages2006: 50 pages2006: 116 pages2006: 76 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 64 pages2007: 60 pages2007: 66 pages2008: 113 pages2012: 100 pages2013: 86 pages2013: 56 pages2013: 72 pages2013: 112 pages2014: 56 pages2014: 56 pages2014: 96 pages2014: 80 pages2014: 56 pages2015: 64 pages2017: 94 pages2017: 92 pages2017: 88 pages2017: 98 pages2018: 62 pages2018: 72 pages2018: 94 pages2018: 136 pages2018: 48 pages2018: 54 pages2019: 70 pages2020: 64 pages2020: 54 pages2021: 69 pages2021: 126 pages2025: 80 pagesmedian 92
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
Hardcover10531 h 51 min
Paperback76171 h 20 min

Editions counted

The 64 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 13 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 307 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025General PressHardcover80OL61794787M
2021Independently Published–69OL34221521M
2021Independently Published–126OL34253276M
2020Independently Published–64OL30221452M
2020Independently Published–54OL30362407M
2019Independently Published–70OL30073790M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–62OL56683018M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–72OL56845281M

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Questions

How many pages is Anthem?
About 92 pages: that is the median of 64 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 48 to 147 pages.
How long does it take to read Anthem?
About 1 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is Anthem?
Roughly 25,000 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)).