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How many pages is Friday?

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein has a median of 368 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 350 to 374 pages.

Median pages
368
7 editions counted
Range
344–428
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page

How long will Friday 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
6 h 29 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.

3504001985199019951982: 368 pages1982: 380 pages1982: 344 pages1982: 344 pages1983: 428 pages1984: 357 pages1997: 368 pagesmedian 368
3504001985199019951982: 368 pages1982: 380 pages1982: 344 pages1982: 344 pages1983: 428 pages1984: 357 pages1997: 368 pagesmedian 368
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1997Ballantine Books–368OL1024620M
1984Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback357OL9795817M
1983New English Library–428OL22339603M
1982Holt, Rinehart and WinstonHardcover368OL4267231M
1982New English LibraryHardcover380OL18338104M
1982Holt, Rinehart and WinstonHardcover344OL44935346M
1982Holt, Rinehart and WinstonHardcover344OL16559783M

More by Robert A. Heinlein

All 12 books by Robert A. Heinlein with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Friday?
About 368 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 344 to 428 pages.
How long does it take to read Friday?
About 6 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Friday?
Roughly 101,000 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)).