Book · by David Foster Wallace · first published 1996
How many pages is Infinite Jest?
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace has a median of 1,088 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 1,079 to 1,104 pages.
How long will Infinite Jest take you?
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 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 1,104 | OL33429050M |
| 2006 | Back Bay Books | – | 1,079 | OL17216337M |
| 1997 | Back Bay Books | Paperback | 1,088 | OL9784877M |
| 1997 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 1,104 | OL29007775M |
| 1996 | Little, Brown and Company | – | 1,079 | OL794799M |
Questions
- How many pages is Infinite Jest?
- About 1,088 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 1,079 to 1,104 pages.
- How long does it take to read Infinite Jest?
- About 19 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 39 days.
- How many words is Infinite Jest?
- Roughly 299,000 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)).