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How many pages is Have Spacesuit--Will Travel?

Have Spacesuit--Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein has a median of 256 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 255 to 271 pages.

Median pages
256
10 editions counted
Range
175–276
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Have Spacesuit--Will Travel 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
4 h 30 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250196019701980199020001958: 276 pages1958: 255 pages1958: 276 pages1958: 255 pages1970: 276 pages1971: 175 pages1977: 255 pages1985: 256 pages2003: 240 pages2005: 256 pagesmedian 255
2002501960198020001958: 276 pages1958: 255 pages1958: 276 pages1958: 255 pages1970: 276 pages1971: 175 pages1977: 255 pages1985: 256 pages2003: 240 pages2005: 256 pagesmedian 255
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2005Pocket BooksPaperback256OL8456673M
2003Del Rey/Ballantine BooksPaperback240OL9595482M
1985Del ReyMass Market Paperback256OL9695923M
1977Ballantine Books–255OL21321715M
1971New English Library–175OL21444571M
1970Gollancz–276OL17357686M
1958Scribner–276OL6249207M
1958Ace–255OL17190242M

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Questions

How many pages is Have Spacesuit--Will Travel?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 175 to 276 pages.
How long does it take to read Have Spacesuit--Will Travel?
About 4 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Have Spacesuit--Will Travel?
Roughly 70,000 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)).