Book · by Douglas R. Hofstadter · first published 1979
How many pages is Gödel, Escher, Bach?
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter has a median of 777 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 777 pages.
How long will Gödel, Escher, Bach take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Penguin | – | 777 | OL22059396M |
| 1999 | Basic Books | Trade Paperback | 824 | OL85373M |
| 1989 | Vintage | – | 777 | OL7462901M |
| 1980 | Vintage Books | – | 777 | OL4097086M |
| 1980 | Penguin | – | 777 | OL17269416M |
| 1979 | Penguin Books | – | 774 | OL18118400M |
| 1979 | Harvester Press | – | 777 | OL21345696M |
| 1979 | Basic Books | – | 777 | OL21166190M |
| 1979 | Basic Books | Hardcover | 777 | OL4731539M |
Questions
- How many pages is Gödel, Escher, Bach?
- About 777 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 774 to 824 pages.
- How long does it take to read Gödel, Escher, Bach?
- About 14 h 58 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 30 days.
- How many words is Gödel, Escher, Bach?
- Roughly 214,000 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)).