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How many pages is Cannery Row?

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck has a median of 186 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 180 to 208 pages.

Median pages
186
29 editions counted
Range
130–244
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
51k
at 275 words per page

How long will Cannery Row 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 17 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.

1502002501960198020001945: 208 pages1945: 208 pages1945: 186 pages1945: 136 pages1945: 186 pages1945: 224 pages1945: 208 pages1945: 130 pages1946: 181 pages1959: 244 pages1960: 208 pages1963: 181 pages1967: 136 pages1968: 181 pages1971: 136 pages1971: 198 pages1974: 156 pages1975: 181 pages1986: 196 pages1986: 211 pages1992: 196 pages1994: 185 pages1995: 169 pages1999: 196 pages2001: 224 pages2001: 240 pages2002: 181 pages2009: 180 pages2017: 176 pagesmedian 186
1502002501950197520001945: 208 pages1945: 208 pages1945: 186 pages1945: 136 pages1945: 186 pages1945: 224 pages1945: 208 pages1945: 130 pages1946: 181 pages1959: 244 pages1960: 208 pages1963: 181 pages1967: 136 pages1968: 181 pages1971: 136 pages1971: 198 pages1974: 156 pages1975: 181 pages1986: 196 pages1986: 211 pages1992: 196 pages1994: 185 pages1995: 169 pages1999: 196 pages2001: 224 pages2001: 240 pages2002: 181 pages2009: 180 pages2017: 176 pagesmedian 186
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 96 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Books, Limited–176OL29345014M
2009Penguin Books, Limited–180OL28448761M
2002Penguin Books–181OL3955108M
2001G.K. Hall–224OL3943536M
2001Pearson Education, Limited–240OL28952469M
1999Penguin Books–196OL26340149M
1995Mandarin–169OL28289737M
1994Penguin Books–185OL1403640M

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Questions

How many pages is Cannery Row?
About 186 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 130 to 244 pages.
How long does it take to read Cannery Row?
About 3 h 17 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Cannery Row?
Roughly 51,000 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)).