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Book · by William Gibson · first published 1986

How many pages is Burning Chrome?

Burning Chrome by William Gibson has a median of 212 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 200 to 221 pages.

Median pages
212
8 editions counted
Range
191–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
58k
at 275 words per page

How long will Burning Chrome 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
3 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002201990200020101986: 200 pages1986: 200 pages1987: 191 pages1993: 220 pages1995: 220 pages2003: 204 pages2014: 224 pages2017: 224 pagesmedian 212
20022020001986: 200 pages1986: 200 pages1987: 191 pages1993: 220 pages1995: 220 pages2003: 204 pages2014: 224 pages2017: 224 pagesmedian 212
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017GollanczPaperback224OL26847770M
2014HarperCollins Publishers Limited–224OL29689667M
2003HarperCollins Publishers–204OL3682351M
1995Voyager / HarperColinsPaperback220OL7259173M
1993HarperCollins–220OL16603794M
1987Ace BooksMass Market Paperback191OL14709740M
1986Arbor House–200OL2548743M
1986Gollancz–200OL15069080M

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Questions

How many pages is Burning Chrome?
About 212 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 191 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read Burning Chrome?
About 3 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Burning Chrome?
Roughly 58,000 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)).