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How many pages is For Whom the Bell Tolls?

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway has a median of 471 pages across 54 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 443 to 496 pages.

Median pages
471
54 editions counted
Range
227–692
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
130k
at 275 words per page

How long will For Whom the Bell Tolls 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
8 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200400600194019601980200020201940: 471 pages1940: 507 pages1940: 490 pages1940: 410 pages1940: 480 pages1940: 486 pages1940: 471 pages1940: 410 pages1940: 480 pages1941: 462 pages1941: 443 pages1942: 441 pages1942: 443 pages1942: 498 pages1944: 470 pages1944: 471 pages1945: 486 pages1945: 471 pages1945: 443 pages1947: 443 pages1948: 471 pages1955: 431 pages1955: 444 pages1961: 434 pages1964: 440 pages1967: 444 pages1968: 471 pages1968: 471 pages1968: 507 pages1968: 507 pages1969: 450 pages1973: 227 pages1977: 480 pages1983: 464 pages1987: 471 pages1992: 480 pages1992: 480 pages1994: 692 pages1995: 471 pages1996: 495 pages1996: 495 pages1999: 512 pages2002: 501 pages2004: 496 pages2005: 312 pages2005: 261 pages2011: 441 pages2014: 501 pages2014: 495 pages2014: 496 pages2016: 624 pages2019: 576 pages2019: 576 pages2020: 576 pagesmedian 471
200400600195020001940: 471 pages1940: 507 pages1940: 490 pages1940: 410 pages1940: 480 pages1940: 486 pages1940: 471 pages1940: 410 pages1940: 480 pages1941: 462 pages1941: 443 pages1942: 441 pages1942: 443 pages1942: 498 pages1944: 470 pages1944: 471 pages1945: 486 pages1945: 471 pages1945: 443 pages1947: 443 pages1948: 471 pages1955: 431 pages1955: 444 pages1961: 434 pages1964: 440 pages1967: 444 pages1968: 471 pages1968: 471 pages1968: 507 pages1968: 507 pages1969: 450 pages1973: 227 pages1977: 480 pages1983: 464 pages1987: 471 pages1992: 480 pages1992: 480 pages1994: 692 pages1995: 471 pages1996: 495 pages1996: 495 pages1999: 512 pages2002: 501 pages2004: 496 pages2005: 312 pages2005: 261 pages2011: 441 pages2014: 501 pages2014: 495 pages2014: 496 pages2016: 624 pages2019: 576 pages2019: 576 pages2020: 576 pagesmedian 471
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
Hardcover46228 h 08 min
Paperback48038 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 54 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 185 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Scribner–576OL29837776M
2019Scribner–576OL29805858M
2019Scribner–576OL28906657M
2016Pan Macmillan–624OL28607901M
2014Simon & Schuster, Limited–501OL33433632M
2014Arcturus Publishing Limited–495OL40233312M
2014Penguin Random House–496OL34495568M
2011––441OL38567671M

More by Ernest Hemingway

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Questions

How many pages is For Whom the Bell Tolls?
About 471 pages: that is the median of 54 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 227 to 692 pages.
How long does it take to read For Whom the Bell Tolls?
About 8 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Roughly 130,000 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)).