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How many pages is Blood Meridian?

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy has a median of 337 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 337 to 352 pages.

Median pages
337
7 editions counted
Range
337–368
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
93k
at 275 words per page

How long will Blood Meridian 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
5 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3403601985199019952000200520101985: 337 pages1986: 337 pages1989: 353 pages1992: 337 pages1992: 368 pages2001: 337 pages2010: 352 pagesmedian 337
3403601990200020101985: 337 pages1986: 337 pages1989: 353 pages1992: 337 pages1992: 368 pages2001: 337 pages2010: 352 pagesmedian 337
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Pan Macmillan–352OL28457079M
2001Modern Library–337OL6795082M
1992Vintage Books–337OL1566695M
1992VintagePaperback368OL24363480M
1989Picador–353OL17484144M
1986Ecco Press–337OL2539593M
1985Random House–337OL2867368M

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Questions

How many pages is Blood Meridian?
About 337 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 337 to 368 pages.
How long does it take to read Blood Meridian?
About 5 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Blood Meridian?
Roughly 93,000 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)).