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How many pages is Fifty Shades of Grey?

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James has a median of 514 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 514 to 544 pages.

Median pages
514
11 editions counted
Range
354–716
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
141k
at 275 words per page

How long will Fifty Shades of Grey 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
9 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006002011201220132014201520162011: 514 pages2011: 716 pages2011: 514 pages2012: 528 pages2012: 514 pages2012: 610 pages2012: 514 pages2013: 528 pages2015: 560 pages2015: 514 pages2016: 354 pagesmedian 514
4006002012201420162011: 514 pages2011: 716 pages2011: 514 pages2012: 528 pages2012: 514 pages2012: 610 pages2012: 514 pages2013: 528 pages2015: 560 pages2015: 514 pages2016: 354 pagesmedian 514
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 141 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–354OL55200778M
2015Arrow Books–560OL28547802M
2015Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC–514OL30403400M
2013Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–528OL28770396M
2012Penguin Random House–528OL34470099M
2012Arrowpaperback514OL27037875M
2012Windsor|Paragon–610OL28707931M
2012Vintage Books–514OL25239246M

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Questions

How many pages is Fifty Shades of Grey?
About 514 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 354 to 716 pages.
How long does it take to read Fifty Shades of Grey?
About 9 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is Fifty Shades of Grey?
Roughly 141,000 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)).