Love Books Daily

Book · by Stephen Hawking

How many pages is Brief Answers to the Big Questions?

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking has a median of 256 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 230 to 272 pages.

Median pages
256
5 editions counted
Range
224–316
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Brief Answers to the Big Questions take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

25030020162018202020222018: 316 pages2018: 230 pages2018: 224 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 256
25030020162018202020222018: 316 pages2018: 230 pages2018: 224 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 16 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020John Murray PressPaperback272OL29470745M
2019Hodder & Stoughton–256OL29487985M
2018Diversified Publishing–316OL26976958M
2018Bantam Books–230OL26967814M
2018Hodder & Stoughton–224OL29451251M

More by Stephen Hawking

All 5 books by Stephen Hawking with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Brief Answers to the Big Questions?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 224 to 316 pages.
How long does it take to read Brief Answers to the Big Questions?
About 4 h 56 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Brief Answers to the Big Questions?
Roughly 70,000 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)).