Book · by Margaret Mitchell · first published 1992
How many pages is Gone With the Wind?
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell has a median of 947 pages across 106 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 750 to 1,037 pages.
Median pages
947
106 editions counted
Range
396–1,472
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
17h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
260k
at 275 words per page
How long will Gone With the Wind take you?
Reading time
16 h 42 min
At 30 min a day
34 days
At 1 hour a day
17 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 871 | 8 | 15 h 21 min |
| Paperback | 1,082 | 2 | 19 h 04 min |
| Mass market | 1,254 | 2 | 22 h 07 min |
Editions counted
The 106 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 10 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 362 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pan Books | – | 992 | OL33946471M |
| 2021 | Alma Classics | – | 992 | OL33909283M |
| 2020 | Penguin Random House | – | 1,072 | OL28057640M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 824 | OL54845935M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 824 | OL56071435M |
| 2017 | Pan70 | – | 1,024 | OL28634454M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 396 | OL55173101M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 534 | OL55942199M |
| 2015 | Macmillan | paperback | 1,204 | OL44865496M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 534 | OL54633749M |
| 2015 | Pan Macmillan | – | 992 | OL28575945M |
| 2014 | Pan Macmillan | – | 1,008 | OL28524095M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 478 | OL55677125M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 454 | OL56664156M |
| 2008 | Mass Market Paperback | 1,472 | OL11758067M | |
| 2007 | Scribner | Paperback | 960 | OL9888091M |
| 2007 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 960 | OL33404743M |
| 1999 | Warner Books | Mass Market Paperback | 1,037 | OL384461M |
| 1996 | Scribner | – | 959 | OL815072M |
| 1993 | Grand Central Publishing | – | 1,024 | OL7536320M |
| 1992 | BCA | – | 825 | OL22488403M |
| 1990 | Ulverscroft Large Print Books | – | 802 | OL34407434M |
| 1986 | Macmillan | – | 947 | OL49207396M |
| 1984 | Southern Living Gallery | – | 1,037 | OL2870568M |
| 1982 | Book Club Associates | – | 1,046 | OL53869220M |
| 1982 | Book Club Associates | – | 1,046 | OL47001137M |
| 1981 | Franklin Library | – | 946 | OL3122026M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 951 | OL4760198M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 1,038 | OL4601840M |
| 1975 | Macmillan Publishing Co. | Hardcover | 947 | OL9221504M |
| 1975 | Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. | – | 947 | OL53867866M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 947 | OL4929177M |
| 1974 | Pan Books | – | 1,011 | OL22570407M |
| 1973 | Avon | – | 1,024 | OL18863620M |
| 1969 | Pocket Books | – | 862 | OL53825312M |
| 1968 | Heritage Press | – | 593 | OL18203383M |
| 1968 | Limited Editions Club | – | 593 | OL5597381M |
| 1967 | Macmillan | – | 1,042 | OL53867627M |
| 1967 | Pocket Books | – | 862 | OL53864608M |
| 1967 | Pocket Books | – | 862 | OL49202977M |
| 1966 | – | – | 783 | OL20314927M |
| 1964 | THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | – | 719 | OL45828376M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 719 | OL28147138M |
| 1964 | International Collectors Library | – | 689 | OL21553984M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 1,037 | OL28147195M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 733 | OL34369336M |
| 1964 | Scribner | – | 1,037 | OL13569346M |
| 1964 | International Collectors Library | – | 733 | OL20937305M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL53864058M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | – | 733 | OL46996289M |
| 1964 | International Collectors Library, American Headquarters | – | 750 | OL46963988M |
| 1964 | Pocket Books | – | 862 | OL53823999M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Publishing Company | – | 833 | OL53863104M |
| 1964 | International Collectors Library | – | 750 | OL58665775M |
| 1964 | Macmillan Company | – | 733 | OL43250951M |
| 1964 | International Collectors Library, American Headquarters | – | 733 | OL43743193M |
| 1964 | J.G. Ferguson Publishing | – | 733 | OL50998453M |
| 1964 | The Macmillan Company | – | 742 | OL58698674M |
| 1963 | The Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL26615996M |
| 1963 | Pocket Books | – | 862 | OL53863520M |
| 1961 | Permabooks | – | 866 | OL61416055M |
| 1961 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 954 | OL5821849M |
| 1961 | Permabooks | – | 862 | OL53867610M |
| 1958 | Permabooks | – | 862 | OL48566989M |
| 1958 | [publisher not identified] | – | 1,066 | OL53867733M |
| 1957 | Macmillan & Co. | – | 1,042 | OL26615991M |
| 1956 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL19291580M |
| 1954 | Garden City Books | – | 708 | OL58665931M |
| 1954 | Garden City Books | Hardcover | 689 | OL18322142M |
| 1953 | Reprint Society | – | 797 | OL53823772M |
| 1953 | Macmillan | – | 1,042 | OL43408884M |
| 1951 | The Macmillan Company | – | 1,044 | OL58661432M |
| 1951 | The Reprint Society | – | 802 | OL58639431M |
| 1951 | The Reprint Society | – | 797 | OL46861566M |
| 1950 | Macmillan & Co. | Hardcover | 795 | OL26616023M |
| 1949 | Macmillan and Co., Limited | – | 1,048 | OL53868090M |
| 1948 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL49203564M |
| 1947 | Penguin Books | – | 1,011 | OL26615999M |
| 1944 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,035 | OL53864746M |
| 1944 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL53864779M |
| 1940 | Macmillan | – | 795 | OL21992315M |
| 1940 | Macmillan and Co. Ltd. | – | 1,052 | OL58634348M |
| 1940 | Macmillan and Co. Limited | – | 808 | OL58637232M |
| 1939 | Macmillan and Co. Limited | – | 1,037 | OL6412404M |
| 1939 | Macmillan | – | 862 | OL20767571M |
| 1938 | Macmillan | – | 1,037 | OL18348977M |
| 1938 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL43136997M |
| 1937 | The Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL13677084M |
| 1937 | – | – | 922 | OL58667787M |
| 1937 | Macmillan and Co. Ltd. | – | 1,037 | OL46937129M |
| 1937 | Macmillan | – | 1,037 | OL43772236M |
| 1937 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL49657389M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL43254097M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL48583349M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL53863766M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL49235799M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL53864643M |
| 1936 | Southern Living Gallery | Hardcover | 1,037 | OL8257550M |
| 1936 | Macmillan and Co. Ltd. | – | 1,037 | OL53866118M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL50988247M |
| 1936 | International Collectors Library, American Headquarters | Leather Bound | 689 | OL24208456M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL43213841M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 689 | OL24571621M |
| 1936 | Macmillan Company | – | 1,037 | OL21497300M |
| 1936 | Macmillan | – | 1,037 | OL6343920M |
| 1936 | The Macmillan Company | – | 1,052 | OL58855147M |
Questions
- How many pages is Gone With the Wind?
- About 947 pages: that is the median of 106 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 396 to 1,472 pages.
- How long does it take to read Gone With the Wind?
- About 16 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 34 days.
- How many words is Gone With the Wind?
- Roughly 260,000 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)).