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How many pages is Gone Girl?

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn has a median of 440 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 421 to 510 pages.

Median pages
440
12 editions counted
Range
399–709
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
121k
at 275 words per page

How long will Gone Girl 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
7 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060020102012201420162012: 419 pages2012: 551 pages2012: 432 pages2012: 449 pages2012: 399 pages2012: 416 pages2013: 475 pages2014: 560 pages2014: 496 pages2014: 422 pages2014: 422 pages2014: 709 pagesmedian 440
40060020102012201420162012: 419 pages2012: 551 pages2012: 432 pages2012: 449 pages2012: 399 pages2012: 416 pages2013: 475 pages2014: 560 pages2014: 496 pages2014: 422 pages2014: 422 pages2014: 709 pagesmedian 440
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
Hardcover41937 h 23 min
Paperback56629 h 58 min
Mass market49638 h 45 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Broadway BooksMass Market Paperback560OL26285262M
2014Weidenfeld & NicolsonMass Market Paperback496OL29182402M
2014Broadway BooksPaperback422OL32953655M
2014Broadway Books–422OL31003334M
2014Large Print PressPaperback709OL28769938M
2013PhoenixMass Market Paperback475OL32953567M
2012Crown PublishersHardcover419OL35889560M
2012Windsor | ParagonHardcover551OL32953224M

More by Gillian Flynn

All 3 books by Gillian Flynn with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Gone Girl?
About 440 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 399 to 709 pages.
How long does it take to read Gone Girl?
About 7 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Gone Girl?
Roughly 121,000 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)).