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How many pages is God bless you, Mr. Rosewater?

God bless you, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut has a median of 203 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 190 to 217 pages.

Median pages
203
19 editions counted
Range
167–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
56k
at 275 words per page

How long will God bless you, Mr. Rosewater 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 35 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.

150200250300197019801990200020101965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 203 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 194 pages1965: 190 pages1965: 217 pages1966: 190 pages1970: 190 pages1973: 190 pages1973: 190 pages1978: 222 pages1991: 217 pages1991: 190 pages1992: 167 pages1998: 288 pages2011: 192 pagesmedian 203
150200250300198020001965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 203 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 194 pages1965: 190 pages1965: 217 pages1966: 190 pages1970: 190 pages1973: 190 pages1973: 190 pages1978: 222 pages1991: 217 pages1991: 190 pages1992: 167 pages1998: 288 pages2011: 192 pagesmedian 203
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Random House–192OL34457100M
1998Dial Press Trade Paperback–288OL7439280M
1992Vintage–167OL22368926M
1991Henry Holth & Co (J)Hardcover217OL7931662M
1991Dell–190OL18010922M
1978Triad–222OL17137840M
1973Dell–190OL24953336M
1973Dell Pub. Co–190OL24368387M

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Questions

How many pages is God bless you, Mr. Rosewater?
About 203 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 167 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read God bless you, Mr. Rosewater?
About 3 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is God bless you, Mr. Rosewater?
Roughly 56,000 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)).