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How many pages is Haroun and the Sea of Stories?

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie has a median of 218 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 218 to 220 pages.

Median pages
218
8 editions counted
Range
210–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Haroun and the Sea of Stories 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 51 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.

210220230199019911992199319941990: 218 pages1990: 210 pages1991: 224 pages1991: 216 pages1991: 219 pages1991: 219 pages1991: 218 pages1994: 224 pagesmedian 218
2102202301990199219941990: 218 pages1990: 210 pages1991: 224 pages1991: 216 pages1991: 219 pages1991: 219 pages1991: 218 pages1994: 224 pagesmedian 218
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 47 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1994Penguin Putnam~trade–224OL7348619M
1991Penguin–224OL14948927M
1991Granta Books in association with Penguin Books–216OL23239580M
1991Granta Books in association with VikingHardcover219OL1884567M
1991Granta Books in association with Viking–219OL24767462M
1991Granta in association with Penguin–218OL22415335M
1990Granta Books–218OL16889224M
1990Granta Books–210OL44910785M

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Questions

How many pages is Haroun and the Sea of Stories?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 210 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read Haroun and the Sea of Stories?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Haroun and the Sea of Stories?
Roughly 60,000 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)).