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How many pages is Coraline?

Coraline by Neil Gaiman has a median of 182 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 162 to 192 pages.

Median pages
182
17 editions counted
Range
107–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
50k
at 275 words per page

How long will Coraline 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 12 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.

1001502002002200420062008201020122002: 162 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 189 pages2002: 162 pages2002: 162 pages2002: 182 pages2003: 107 pages2003: 192 pages2003: 162 pages2003: 184 pages2003: 208 pages2003: 162 pages2004: 194 pages2006: 192 pages2007: 175 pages2008: 176 pages2012: 208 pagesmedian 182
100150200200520102002: 162 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 189 pages2002: 162 pages2002: 162 pages2002: 182 pages2003: 107 pages2003: 192 pages2003: 162 pages2003: 184 pages2003: 208 pages2003: 162 pages2004: 194 pages2006: 192 pages2007: 175 pages2008: 176 pages2012: 208 pagesmedian 182
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover16822 h 58 min
Paperback18953 h 20 min

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 94 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL29650342M
2008Harper Entertainmentpaperback176OL27312806M
2007SubterraneanHardcover175OL9528000M
2006Harper PerennialPaperback192OL9243314M
2004HarperTeen–194OL7279048M
2003Heinemann Educational Publishers–107OL7508187M
2003Bloomsbury Pub Ltdpaperback192OL27289560M
2003Scholastic Inc.–162OL24375849M

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Questions

How many pages is Coraline?
About 182 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 107 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Coraline?
About 3 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Coraline?
Roughly 50,000 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)).