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How many pages is Flash Boys?

Flash Boys by Michael Lewis has a median of 320 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 304 to 320 pages.

Median pages
320
5 editions counted
Range
274–423
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
88k
at 275 words per page

How long will Flash Boys 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
6 h 10 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3003504002012201320142015201620172014: 423 pages2014: 304 pages2014: 274 pages2015: 320 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 320
3003504002012201420162014: 423 pages2014: 304 pages2014: 274 pages2015: 320 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 320
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Penguin Books, Limited–320OL28561200M
2015W. W. Norton & Company–320OL27025406M
2014Thorndike Press–423OL31021303M
2014Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–304OL29689551M
2014W. W. Norton & Company–274OL25443201M

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Questions

How many pages is Flash Boys?
About 320 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 274 to 423 pages.
How long does it take to read Flash Boys?
About 6 h 10 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Flash Boys?
Roughly 88,000 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)).