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How many pages is Buddenbrooks?

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann has a median of 604 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 592 to 604 pages.

Median pages
604
25 editions counted
Range
359–731
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
166k
at 275 words per page

How long will Buddenbrooks 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
10 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
22 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006001940196019801922: 669 pages1930: 603 pages1930: 359 pages1937: 389 pages1938: 604 pages1940: 389 pages1951: 604 pages1955: 604 pages1957: 591 pages1959: 604 pages1961: 595 pages1962: 609 pages1962: 604 pages1962: 604 pages1964: 604 pages1964: 604 pages1984: 604 pages1989: 592 pages1989: 541 pages1992: 604 pages1993: 648 pages1994: 731 pages1994: 731 pages1994: 731 pagesmedian 604
4006001925195019751922: 669 pages1930: 603 pages1930: 359 pages1937: 389 pages1938: 604 pages1940: 389 pages1951: 604 pages1955: 604 pages1957: 591 pages1959: 604 pages1961: 595 pages1962: 609 pages1962: 604 pages1962: 604 pages1964: 604 pages1964: 604 pages1984: 604 pages1989: 592 pages1989: 541 pages1992: 604 pages1993: 648 pages1994: 731 pages1994: 731 pages1994: 731 pagesmedian 604
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 87 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1994Vintage International–731OL1431994M
1994Knopf–731OL1082629M
1994David Campbell Publishers–731OL19603887M
1993Knopf–648OL1716540M
1992Vintage International–604OL1566141M
1989Penguin–592OL17308114M
1989Folio Society–541OL18956884M
1984Vintage BooksPaperback604OL1966467M

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Questions

How many pages is Buddenbrooks?
About 604 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 359 to 731 pages.
How long does it take to read Buddenbrooks?
About 10 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 22 days.
How many words is Buddenbrooks?
Roughly 166,000 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)).