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How many pages is Gerald's Game?

Gerald's Game by Stephen King has a median of 389 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 342 to 432 pages.

Median pages
389
14 editions counted
Range
300–480
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
107k
at 275 words per page

How long will Gerald's Game 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 51 min
At 30 min a day
14 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.

300400500200020101992: 384 pages1992: 447 pages1992: 332 pages1992: 358 pages1992: 342 pages1992: 332 pages1992: 342 pages1993: 445 pages1993: 394 pages2008: 432 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 432 pages2016: 480 pages2018: 400 pagesmedian 389
300400500200020101992: 384 pages1992: 447 pages1992: 332 pages1992: 358 pages1992: 342 pages1992: 332 pages1992: 342 pages1993: 445 pages1993: 394 pages2008: 432 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 432 pages2016: 480 pages2018: 400 pagesmedian 389
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
Hardcover33225 h 51 min
Mass market46228 h 09 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 56 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Gallery Books–400OL34017888M
2016Pocket Booksmass market paperback480OL27440157M
2011Hodder & Stoughton–432OL28463160M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53246068M
2008Hodder & Stoughton–432OL53237208M
1993SignetMass Market Paperback445OL24208086M
1993New English Library–394OL18770773M
1992Hodder & Stoughton–384OL19303778M

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Questions

How many pages is Gerald's Game?
About 389 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 480 pages.
How long does it take to read Gerald's Game?
About 6 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Gerald's Game?
Roughly 107,000 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)).