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Book · by Philip K. Dick · first published 1974

How many pages is Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick has a median of 231 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 238 pages.

Median pages
231
10 editions counted
Range
204–377
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
64k
at 275 words per page

How long will Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 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
4 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040019801990200020101974: 231 pages1974: 231 pages1975: 208 pages1975: 208 pages1976: 204 pages1993: 231 pages1996: 208 pages2002: 377 pages2012: 249 pages2012: 240 pagesmedian 231
200300400198020001974: 231 pages1974: 231 pages1975: 208 pages1975: 208 pages1976: 204 pages1993: 231 pages1996: 208 pages2002: 377 pages2012: 249 pages2012: 240 pagesmedian 231
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Mariner Books–249OL25237859M
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–240OL29630904M
2002Thorndike Press–377OL3949100M
1996HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL44095988M
1993Vintage Books–231OL1743444M
1976Panther–204OL22788807M
1975Daw Books–208OL14606806M
1975Daw Books–208OL24613720M

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Questions

How many pages is Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?
About 231 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 377 pages.
How long does it take to read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?
About 4 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?
Roughly 64,000 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)).