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Book · by Italo Calvino · first published 1985

How many pages is If on a Winter's Night a Traveler?

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino has a median of 260 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 258 to 260 pages.

Median pages
260
8 editions counted
Range
254–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

How long will If on a Winter's Night a Traveler 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 35 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.

2502602701985199019951981: 260 pages1981: 259 pages1982: 260 pages1992: 260 pages1992: 272 pages1993: 254 pages1993: 254 pages1995: 260 pagesmedian 260
2502602701985199019951981: 260 pages1981: 259 pages1982: 260 pages1992: 260 pages1992: 272 pages1993: 254 pages1993: 254 pages1995: 260 pagesmedian 260
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1995Lester & Orpen Dennys–260OL20415867M
1993David Campbell Publishers–254OL20393125M
1993Knopf–254OL1745003M
1992Minerva–260OL22644099M
1992Vintage–272OL7317793M
1982Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–260OL13637479M
1981Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–260OL21148341M
1981Secker & Warburg–259OL15435891M

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Questions

How many pages is If on a Winter's Night a Traveler?
About 260 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 254 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read If on a Winter's Night a Traveler?
About 4 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is If on a Winter's Night a Traveler?
Roughly 72,000 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)).