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How many pages is In a Sunburned Country?

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson has a median of 335 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 316 to 408 pages.

Median pages
335
8 editions counted
Range
307–578
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page

How long will In a Sunburned Country take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30040050060020002005201020152000: 307 pages2000: 307 pages2000: 578 pages2000: 335 pages2000: 319 pages2001: 400 pages2001: 335 pages2016: 432 pagesmedian 335
300400500600200020102000: 307 pages2000: 307 pages2000: 578 pages2000: 335 pages2000: 319 pages2001: 400 pages2001: 335 pages2016: 432 pagesmedian 335
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Transworld Publishers Limited–432OL28594143M
2001Black Swan–400OL16303233M
2001Broadway Books–335OL14432795M
2000Doubleday Canada–307OL19723175M
2000Broadway Books–307OL6780114M
2000Random House Large Print–578OL6778651M
2000Broadway Books–335OL26688076M
2000Doubleday–319OL3988602M

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Questions

How many pages is In a Sunburned Country?
About 335 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 307 to 578 pages.
How long does it take to read In a Sunburned Country?
About 6 h 27 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is In a Sunburned Country?
Roughly 92,000 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)).