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How many pages is Carrie?

Carrie by Stephen King has a median of 245 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 234 to 263 pages.

Median pages
245
23 editions counted
Range
152–360
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
67k
at 275 words per page

How long will Carrie 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
4 h 19 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

20030019801990200020101974: 199 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 245 pages1976: 245 pages1977: 245 pages1977: 189 pages1982: 222 pages1990: 199 pages1991: 152 pages1991: 360 pages1994: 270 pages1999: 253 pages2005: 272 pages2011: 304 pages2013: 248 pages2013: 305 pages2013: 290 pagesmedian 245
200300198020001974: 199 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 245 pages1975: 256 pages1975: 245 pages1976: 245 pages1977: 245 pages1977: 189 pages1982: 222 pages1990: 199 pages1991: 152 pages1991: 360 pages1994: 270 pages1999: 253 pages2005: 272 pages2011: 304 pages2013: 248 pages2013: 305 pages2013: 290 pagesmedian 245
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Paperback24834 h 22 min
Mass market25354 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 121 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013HodderPaperback248OL28278275M
2013Anchor Bookspaperback305OL27257702M
2013Turtleback Books (Anchor Books)library binding290OL32780890M
2011Anchor Booksmass market paperback304OL32864645M
2005Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback272OL8457067M
1999Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback253OL7645240M
1994G.K. Hall–270OL1432620M
1991Plume–152OL1760583M

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Questions

How many pages is Carrie?
About 245 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 152 to 360 pages.
How long does it take to read Carrie?
About 4 h 19 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Carrie?
Roughly 67,000 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)).