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Book · by J. D. Salinger · first published 1961

How many pages is Franny and Zooey?

Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger has a median of 202 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 201 to 202 pages.

Median pages
202
19 editions counted
Range
132–210
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
56k
at 275 words per page

How long will Franny and Zooey 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 34 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.

150200197019801990200020101961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1962: 210 pages1962: 201 pages1964: 202 pages1964: 202 pages1964: 156 pages1964: 202 pages1973: 202 pages1985: 202 pages1991: 202 pages1994: 208 pages1994: 201 pages1999: 202 pages2001: 208 pages2003: 202 pages2010: 132 pagesmedian 202
150200198020001961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1961: 201 pages1962: 210 pages1962: 201 pages1964: 202 pages1964: 202 pages1964: 156 pages1964: 202 pages1973: 202 pages1985: 202 pages1991: 202 pages1994: 208 pages1994: 201 pages1999: 202 pages2001: 208 pages2003: 202 pages2010: 132 pagesmedian 202
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Penguin Books, Limited–132OL28438734M
2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaTurtleback202OL10943331M
2001Back Bay BooksPaperback208OL9696960M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding202OL7973597M
1994Penguin–208OL22598528M
1994Heinemann–201OL16728825M
1991Little, Brown–202OL24965469M
1985Bantam Books–202OL21977308M

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Questions

How many pages is Franny and Zooey?
About 202 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 132 to 210 pages.
How long does it take to read Franny and Zooey?
About 3 h 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Franny and Zooey?
Roughly 56,000 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)).