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How many pages is Bag of Bones?

Bag of Bones by Stephen King has a median of 546 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 529 to 714 pages.

Median pages
546
14 editions counted
Range
300–901
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
150k
at 275 words per page

How long will Bag of Bones 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
9 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600800200020052010201520201998: 529 pages1998: 529 pages1998: 516 pages1998: 516 pages1999: 732 pages1999: 752 pages1999: 534 pages1999: 901 pages2006: 660 pages2008: 548 pages2010: 300 pages2018: 660 pages2018: 544 pages2023: 752 pagesmedian 546
4006008002000201020201998: 529 pages1998: 529 pages1998: 516 pages1998: 516 pages1999: 732 pages1999: 752 pages1999: 534 pages1999: 901 pages2006: 660 pages2008: 548 pages2010: 300 pages2018: 660 pages2018: 544 pages2023: 752 pagesmedian 546
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
Hardcover52949 h 20 min
Paperback54649 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 75 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Pocket Books–752OL42831245M
2018Hodder–660OL26851394M
2018Scribnerpaperback544OL27350998M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53243241M
2008Scribnerpaperback548OL23165888M
2006HodderPaperback660OL27045797M
1999Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback732OL18919503M
1999Pocket Booksschool & library binding752OL39221209M

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Questions

How many pages is Bag of Bones?
About 546 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 901 pages.
How long does it take to read Bag of Bones?
About 9 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Bag of Bones?
Roughly 150,000 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)).