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How many pages is Blues For Mister Charlie?

Blues For Mister Charlie by James Baldwin has a median of 144 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 122 to 158 pages.

Median pages
144
11 editions counted
Range
121–158
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
40k
at 275 words per page

How long will Blues For Mister Charlie 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
2 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1201401601970198019901964: 158 pages1964: 121 pages1964: 158 pages1964: 158 pages1964: 121 pages1964: 144 pages1965: 124 pages1966: 123 pages1976: 158 pages1990: 158 pages1995: 121 pagesmedian 144
12014016019801964: 158 pages1964: 121 pages1964: 158 pages1964: 158 pages1964: 121 pages1964: 144 pages1965: 124 pages1966: 123 pages1976: 158 pages1990: 158 pages1995: 121 pagesmedian 144
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1995Vintage International–121OL1099089M
1990Dell–158OL18319668M
1976Dell Publishing–158OL61635042M
1966Corgi–123OL19646513M
1965Michael Joseph–124OL14683149M
1964Dell Pub.–158OL24372717M
1964Dial Press–121OL20124683M
1964Dell Publishing–158OL13569811M

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Questions

How many pages is Blues For Mister Charlie?
About 144 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 121 to 158 pages.
How long does it take to read Blues For Mister Charlie?
About 2 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Blues For Mister Charlie?
Roughly 40,000 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)).