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Book · by James Baldwin · first published 1993

How many pages is Giovanni's Room?

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin has a median of 224 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 172 to 237 pages.

Median pages
224
23 editions counted
Range
127–248
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Giovanni's Room 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 57 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.

1502002501960198020001956: 226 pages1956: 248 pages1956: 248 pages1956: 224 pages1957: 248 pages1962: 248 pages1963: 248 pages1964: 224 pages1964: 224 pages1964: 224 pages1968: 224 pages1977: 127 pages1982: 248 pages1985: 224 pages1988: 224 pages1990: 158 pages2000: 169 pages2001: 169 pages2001: 176 pages2001: 185 pages2007: 160 pages2013: 169 pages2016: 200 pagesmedian 224
1502002501960198020001956: 226 pages1956: 248 pages1956: 248 pages1956: 224 pages1957: 248 pages1962: 248 pages1963: 248 pages1964: 224 pages1964: 224 pages1964: 224 pages1968: 224 pages1977: 127 pages1982: 248 pages1985: 224 pages1988: 224 pages1990: 158 pages2000: 169 pages2001: 169 pages2001: 176 pages2001: 185 pages2007: 160 pages2013: 169 pages2016: 200 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Everyman's Libraryhardcover200OL27421680M
2013Vintage InternationalPaperback169OL51689193M
2007Penguin Books, Limited–160OL28455308M
2001Dell–169OL22729607M
2001Penguin Books Ltd–176OL7359154M
2001Modern Library–185OL6795732M
2000Delta Trade Paperbacks–169OL14445810M
1990Penguin–158OL22356998M

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Questions

How many pages is Giovanni's Room?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 127 to 248 pages.
How long does it take to read Giovanni's Room?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Giovanni's Room?
Roughly 62,000 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)).