Book · by Mark Z. Danielewski
How many pages is House of Leaves?
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski has a median of 736 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 736 pages.
Median pages
736
5 editions counted
Range
709–736
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
202k
at 275 words per page
How long will House of Leaves take you?
Reading time
12 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
26 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 14 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Transworld Publishers Limited | Hardcover | 736 | OL51588473M |
| 2006 | Pantheon | Hardcover | 736 | OL25439141M |
| 2000 | Anchor | – | 709 | OL18384167M |
| 2000 | Doubleday | – | 736 | OL7441381M |
| 2000 | Pantheon Books | – | 736 | OL42742M |
Questions
- How many pages is House of Leaves?
- About 736 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 709 to 736 pages.
- How long does it take to read House of Leaves?
- About 12 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 26 days.
- How many words is House of Leaves?
- Roughly 202,000 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)).