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How many pages is Black House?

Black House by Stephen King has a median of 658 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 638 to 688 pages.

Median pages
658
17 editions counted
Range
300–1,044
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
12h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
181k
at 275 words per page

How long will Black House 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
11 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
24 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2505007501,0002005201020152001: 646 pages2001: 624 pages2001: 576 pages2001: 625 pages2001: 300 pages2001: 644 pages2001: 658 pages2001: 1,044 pages2002: 640 pages2002: 658 pages2002: 638 pages2003: 688 pages2012: 672 pages2012: 848 pages2012: 832 pages2012: 848 pages2018: 672 pagesmedian 658
2505007501,00020102001: 646 pages2001: 624 pages2001: 576 pages2001: 625 pages2001: 300 pages2001: 644 pages2001: 658 pages2001: 1,044 pages2002: 640 pages2002: 658 pages2002: 638 pages2003: 688 pages2012: 672 pages2012: 848 pages2012: 832 pages2012: 848 pages2018: 672 pagesmedian 658
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
Hardcover625511 h 01 min
Paperback680211 h 59 min

Editions counted

The 17 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 59 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Gallery Bookspaperback672OL27350523M
2012Scribner–672OL28777545M
2012Pocket Books–848OL29653661M
2012Orion Publishing Group, Limited–832OL28481936M
2012Pocket Books–848OL28774852M
2003Ballantine BooksPaperback688OL9432167M
2002Ballantine–640OL7261009M
2002Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback658OL9482778M

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Questions

How many pages is Black House?
About 658 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 1,044 pages.
How long does it take to read Black House?
About 11 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 24 days.
How many words is Black House?
Roughly 181,000 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)).