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Book · by Gabriel García Márquez · first published 2006

How many pages is El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba?

El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba by Gabriel García Márquez has a median of 170 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 151 to 170 pages.

Median pages
170
5 editions counted
Range
90–374
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page

How long will El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba 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
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1002003004001975198019851971: 170 pages1979: 374 pages1979: 170 pages1987: 151 pages1988: 90 pagesmedian 170
10020030040019801971: 170 pages1979: 374 pages1979: 170 pages1987: 151 pages1988: 90 pagesmedian 170
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 86 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1988Manchester University PressPaperback90OL7839109M
1987French & European Publications IncPaperback151OL11459616M
1979Npa Sunora–374OL20416676M
1979Pan Books–170OL19082300M
1971Cape–170OL5330735M

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Questions

How many pages is El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba?
About 170 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 90 to 374 pages.
How long does it take to read El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba?
About 3 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba?
Roughly 47,000 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)).