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How many pages is Ficciones?

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges has a median of 174 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 159 to 206 pages.

Median pages
174
24 editions counted
Range
142–306
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ficciones 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 04 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.

200300198020001962: 174 pages1962: 174 pages1962: 174 pages1963: 174 pages1965: 159 pages1965: 159 pages1973: 196 pages1974: 208 pages1974: 159 pages1976: 228 pages1980: 305 pages1983: 174 pages1984: 306 pages1985: 162 pages1991: 206 pages1991: 159 pages1993: 142 pages1993: 143 pages1993: 148 pages1998: 159 pages2000: 178 pages2007: 232 pages2008: 304 pages2019: 176 pagesmedian 174
200300198020001962: 174 pages1962: 174 pages1962: 174 pages1963: 174 pages1965: 159 pages1965: 159 pages1973: 196 pages1974: 208 pages1974: 159 pages1976: 228 pages1980: 305 pages1983: 174 pages1984: 306 pages1985: 162 pages1991: 206 pages1991: 159 pages1993: 142 pages1993: 143 pages1993: 148 pages1998: 159 pages2000: 178 pages2007: 232 pages2008: 304 pages2019: 176 pagesmedian 174
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
Hardcover15422 h 42 min
Paperback17453 h 04 min

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 78 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press–176OL28919116M
2008RayoPaperback304OL9953135M
2007Duckworth PublishersPaperback232OL8982374M
2000Penguin Books–178OL22459885M
1998Calder Publications–159OL22766769M
1993Everyman's Library–142OL22117287M
1993A.A. Knopf–143OL1745629M
1993Everyman's LibraryHardcover148OL8998517M

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Questions

How many pages is Ficciones?
About 174 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 142 to 306 pages.
How long does it take to read Ficciones?
About 3 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Ficciones?
Roughly 48,000 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)).