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How many pages is Galápagos?

Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut has a median of 295 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 241 to 310 pages.

Median pages
295
11 editions counted
Range
184–342
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
81k
at 275 words per page

How long will Galápagos 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
5 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300198519901995200020051985: 342 pages1985: 269 pages1985: 295 pages1985: 198 pages1985: 184 pages1985: 295 pages1987: 269 pages1988: 295 pages2006: 324 pages2006: 324 pagesmedian 295
200300199020001985: 342 pages1985: 269 pages1985: 295 pages1985: 198 pages1985: 184 pages1985: 295 pages1987: 269 pages1988: 295 pages2006: 324 pages2006: 324 pagesmedian 295
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Dial Press–324OL23979085M
2006Dial Press–324OL22377905M
1988Dell–295OL18021787M
1987Grafton–269OL17410438M
1985Dial Press Trade Paperbacks–342OL58888078M
1985Cape–269OL22339257M
1985DelacorteHardcover295OL25413713M
1985Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence–198OL58843454M

More by Kurt Vonnegut

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Questions

How many pages is Galápagos?
About 295 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 184 to 342 pages.
How long does it take to read Galápagos?
About 5 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Galápagos?
Roughly 81,000 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)).