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How many pages is From a Buick 8?

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King has a median of 479 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 404 to 496 pages.

Median pages
479
18 editions counted
Range
300–503
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page

How long will From a Buick 8 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 27 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.

3004005002005201020152002: 368 pages2002: 467 pages2002: 404 pages2002: 503 pages2002: 422 pages2002: 404 pages2002: 356 pages2002: 368 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 487 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 495 pages2005: 496 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 496 pages2011: 478 pages2017: 480 pagesmedian 479
3004005002005201020152002: 368 pages2002: 467 pages2002: 404 pages2002: 503 pages2002: 422 pages2002: 404 pages2002: 356 pages2002: 368 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 487 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 495 pages2005: 496 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 496 pages2011: 478 pages2017: 480 pagesmedian 479
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover45067 h 55 min
Paperback47448 h 21 min
Mass market48738 h 35 min

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Gallery Bookspaperback480OL27403462M
2011Hodder & Stoughton–496OL29064183M
2011HodderMass Market Paperback478OL29113066M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53244525M
2005PocketMass Market Paperback496OL8457068M
2003Paw Printslibrary binding496OL35296990M
2003Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback487OL7949582M
2003PocketPaperback496OL7950432M

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Questions

How many pages is From a Buick 8?
About 479 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 503 pages.
How long does it take to read From a Buick 8?
About 8 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is From a Buick 8?
Roughly 132,000 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)).