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Book · by Thomas Harris · first published 1999

How many pages is Hannibal?

Hannibal by Thomas Harris has a median of 560 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 524 to 573 pages.

Median pages
560
14 editions counted
Range
486–680
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
154k
at 275 words per page

How long will Hannibal take you?

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Reading time
9 h 53 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

500600700200020022004200620081999: 486 pages1999: 486 pages1999: 680 pages1999: 486 pages2000: 546 pages2000: 546 pages2000: 564 pages2000: 560 pages2000: 592 pages2001: 564 pages2005: 646 pages2005: 516 pages2006: 561 pages2009: 576 pagesmedian 560
500600700200020051999: 486 pages1999: 486 pages1999: 680 pages1999: 486 pages2000: 546 pages2000: 546 pages2000: 564 pages2000: 560 pages2000: 592 pages2001: 564 pages2005: 646 pages2005: 516 pages2006: 561 pages2009: 576 pagesmedian 560
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
Hardcover48648 h 34 min
Mass market54639 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Penguin Random House–576OL28442353M
2006ISIS Large Print Books–561OL28988222M
2005Random House Large Print–646OL3418115M
2005Delta Trade Paperbacks–516OL3435801M
2001ArrowPaperback564OL9272218M
2000DellMass Market Paperback546OL7519836M
2000DellMass Market Paperback546OL7520388M
2000ArrowMass Market Paperback564OL9271708M

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Questions

How many pages is Hannibal?
About 560 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 486 to 680 pages.
How long does it take to read Hannibal?
About 9 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Hannibal?
Roughly 154,000 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)).