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How many pages is Atlas Shrugged?

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand has a median of 1,168 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 1,084 to 1,168 pages.

Median pages
1,168
13 editions counted
Range
1,075–1,200
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
21h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
321k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
20 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
42 days
At 1 hour a day
21 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1,0501,1001,1501,200196019701980199020001957: 1,086 pages1957: 1,168 pages1957: 1,084 pages1989: 1,168 pages1992: 1,096 pages1992: 1,168 pages1992: 1,075 pages1994: 1,075 pages1996: 1,079 pages1999: 1,200 pages2005: 1,192 pages2005: 1,168 pages2007: 1,186 pagesmedian 1,168
1,0501,1001,1501,2001960198020001957: 1,086 pages1957: 1,168 pages1957: 1,084 pages1989: 1,168 pages1992: 1,096 pages1992: 1,168 pages1992: 1,075 pages1994: 1,075 pages1996: 1,079 pages1999: 1,200 pages2005: 1,192 pages2005: 1,168 pages2007: 1,186 pagesmedian 1,168
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 84 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Penguin Books, Limited–1,186OL28435578M
2005Dutton AdultHardcover1,192OL7771108M
2005Plume–1,168OL18433680M
1999Plume–1,200OL7589983M
1996Signet–1,079OL22859732M
1994Signet–1,075OL21448587M
1992Penguin–1,096OL52003244M
1992Dutton–1,168OL1556406M

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Questions

How many pages is Atlas Shrugged?
About 1,168 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 1,075 to 1,200 pages.
How long does it take to read Atlas Shrugged?
About 20 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 42 days.
How many words is Atlas Shrugged?
Roughly 321,000 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)).