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How many pages is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams has a median of 158 pages across 28 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 158 to 197 pages.

Median pages
158
28 editions counted
Range
85–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page

How long will Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 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
3 h 03 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.

1001502001960198020001955: 197 pages1955: 158 pages1955: 197 pages1955: 158 pages1955: 197 pages1956: 197 pages1957: 158 pages1958: 158 pages1958: 85 pages1959: 162 pages1968: 158 pages1975: 173 pages1975: 168 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 85 pages1986: 85 pages1986: 85 pages2004: 206 pages2004: 208 pages2006: 192 pages2009: 144 pages2010: 208 pages2012: 144 pages2014: 208 pages2014: 208 pagesmedian 158
1001502001960198020001955: 197 pages1955: 158 pages1955: 197 pages1955: 158 pages1955: 197 pages1956: 197 pages1957: 158 pages1958: 158 pages1958: 85 pages1959: 162 pages1968: 158 pages1975: 173 pages1975: 168 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 85 pages1986: 85 pages1986: 85 pages2004: 206 pages2004: 208 pages2006: 192 pages2009: 144 pages2010: 208 pages2012: 144 pages2014: 208 pages2014: 208 pagesmedian 158
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 28 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 69 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–208OL29249038M
2014Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–208OL29249037M
2012CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–144OL29653147M
2010Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–208OL29006178M
2009Penguin Books, Limited–144OL28445426M
2006Penguin Publishing Group–192OL29573417M
2004New Directions–206OL3292911M
2004New Directions Publishing Corporation–208OL29666347M

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Questions

How many pages is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
About 158 pages: that is the median of 28 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 85 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
About 3 h 03 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Roughly 43,000 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)).