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How many pages is Jazz?

Jazz by Toni Morrison has a median of 229 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 229 to 249 pages.

Median pages
229
10 editions counted
Range
229–315
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
63k
at 275 words per page

How long will Jazz 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 02 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

25030019952000200520101992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1993: 275 pages1993: 229 pages1993: 315 pages1993: 229 pages2004: 229 pages2014: 256 pagesmedian 229
250300200020101992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1992: 229 pages1993: 275 pages1993: 229 pages1993: 315 pages1993: 229 pages2004: 229 pages2014: 256 pagesmedian 229
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Penguin Random House–256OL34507112M
2004Vintage International–229OL3382092M
1993Ediciones B–275OL22926212M
1993Plume Books–229OL1729917M
1993G.K. Hall–315OL1731393M
1993PicadorPaperback229OL28040476M
1992Alfred A. Knopf–229OL27931966M
1992A.A. Knopf Canada–229OL26573194M

More by Toni Morrison

All 6 books by Toni Morrison with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Jazz?
About 229 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 229 to 315 pages.
How long does it take to read Jazz?
About 4 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Jazz?
Roughly 63,000 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)).