How long does it take to read Julius Caesar?

About 2 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.

How many words is Julius Caesar?

Roughly 38,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1684

How many pages is Julius Caesar?

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare has a median of 138 pages across 555 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 114 to 190 pages.

Median pages

138

555 editions counted

Range

63–296

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

2.4h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

38k

at 275 words per page

How long will Julius Caesar take you?

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Reading speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

2 h 26 min

At 30 min a day

5 days

At 1 hour a day

3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 255 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	197	9	3 h 28 min
Paperback	156	37	2 h 45 min
Mass market	239	2	4 h 13 min

Editions counted

The 555 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 96 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,531 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
1998	Oxford University Press, USA	–	272	OL7384177M
1998	Perfection Learning Corp.	–	219	OL86222M
1998	Signet Classic	–	229	OL691299M
1997	Evans Brothers Ltd	Paperback	72	OL10199806M
1997	Quality Paperback Book Club	–	111	OL27155099M
1997	Acclaim Books	Paperback	64	OL8754058M
1997	Cyber Classics	Paperback	162	OL12034646M
1996	Applause	–	166	OL1104984M
1996	Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf	–	130	OL22254511M
1995	Lorenz Educational Publishers	Paperback	224	OL8704283M
1995	Lorenz Educational Publishers	–	209	OL1131854M
1995	Hutchinson Radius	Paperback	256	OL7964504M
1994	NTC Pub. Group	–	202	OL1746815M
1994	Oxford University Press	–	149	OL7399642M
1994	Oxford University Press, USA	–	152	OL7399632M
1993	J.M. Dent	–	240	OL1157024M
1993	Heinemann Educational	–	256	OL28700463M
1992	Washington Square Press	–	239	OL21595557M
1992	Cambridge University Press	–	184	OL1335940M
1992	Wordsworth Editions	Paperback	83	OL8978403M
1992	Trans-Atlantic Publications	Paperback	96	OL10761144M
1991	Dover Publications	–	78	OL1536286M
1991	Globe Books	–	101	OL24504892M
1990	Boynton/Cook Publishers	–	148	OL1871567M
1990	Hyperion Books	Hardcover	280	OL12078791M
1990	Swan Books	–	63	OL1882307M
1990	Stanley Thornes	–	255	OL22621776M
1988	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Canada	–	240	OL2274474M
1988	Pearson Education	–	224	OL28738987M
1988	Bantam	–	138	OL2394471M
1988	Cambridge University Press	–	184	OL2397405M
1987	Oxford University Press, USA	–	146	OL7399617M
1985	Barron's	–	255	OL2865206M
1985	Routledge	–	190	OL7498971M
1984	Barron's Educational Series	Paperback	120	OL8003804M
1984	Oxford University Press	–	253	OL3176884M
1984	Clarendon Press	–	253	OL3166102M
1984	Penguin	–	251	OL20216989M
1984	Nelson Thornes Ltd	Paperback	255	OL9979911M
1984	University Press of America	–	122	OL2843123M
1983	Perfection Form Co.	–	236	OL2574020M
1983	The Perfection Form	–	236	OL24211527M
1983	Swan Books	–	121	OL3170158M
1983	Methuen	–	166	OL20217007M
1981	Penguin Classics	–	256	OL7357272M
1979	Mayflower Books	–	104	OL4734845M
1976	Oxford University Press, USA	–	192	OL7399612M
1976	Reclam	–	214	OL4687233M
1974	Macmillan	–	211	OL5122240M
1973	Éditions du jour	–	198	OL26552110M
1973	Pearson Education Australia	–	288	OL28423958M
1973	Éditions du jour	–	198	OL19041855M
1973	Hayden Book Co.	–	148	OL5305456M
1972	Penguin	–	251	OL19267535M
1972	Collins	–	240	OL5465697M
1971	Penguin Books	–	131	OL5444165M
1970	University Tutorial Press	–	176	OL5743733M
1970	W. C. Brown Co.	–	74	OL4885343M
1969	Cornmarket P.	–	64	OL5158974M
1969	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	268	OL7716751M
1969	Bobbs-Merrill	–	194	OL5680296M
1968	Cambridge U.P.	–	219	OL5672619M
1968	B. Tauchnitz	–	77	OL18486160M
1967	Penguin	–	251	OL5582435M
1967	Cliff's Notes	–	70	OL22936974M
1967	Penguin	–	250	OL26899927M
1967	Penguin	–	258	OL47814601M
1966	Methuen	–	166	OL23754805M
1966	Heinemann Educational Books	–	214	OL5550743M
1966	[Dell Pub. Co.	–	272	OL5980591M
1966	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	102	OL5979470M
1966	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	102	OL26575004M
1966	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	132	OL46964283M
1965	Routledge Kegan & Paul	Hardcover	190	OL10210697M
1965	University Press	–	185	OL5939007M
1965	Airmont Pub.	–	128	OL5938958M
1965	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	197	OL7716359M
1965	Cliffs Notes	–	101	OL26831354M
1965	Airmont	–	164	OL58726292M
1965	University Press	–	185	OL15956708M
1965	Cambridge U.P	–	185	OL19325719M
1965	Methuen	–	166	OL26882112M
1963	Stanwix House	–	228	OL5858280M
1963	Signet Classics	–	256	OL7576924M
1963	New American Library	–	240	OL5903199M
1962	Svenska Borforlaget	–	122	OL43317407M
1962	Houghton Mifflin	–	108	OL5874013M
1962	Folio Society	–	95	OL13972439M
1962	University of London Press	–	165	OL30525550M
1961	Oxford University Press	–	215	OL15962376M
1961	Bantam Books	–	200	OL13534964M
1960	Penguin Classics	–	144	OL7357394M
1960	Penguin Books	–	128	OL6271853M
1959	Washington Square Press	–	95	OL16672088M
1959	Wellington Square Press	–	95	OL26682722M
1959	Pocket Books	–	95	OL25843490M
1959	Yale University Press	–	125	OL6271301M
1959	Washington Square Press	–	95	OL26643598M
1958	[Pocket Books	–	95	OL6244446M
1958	Harvard University Press	–	166	OL13534965M
1958	the pocket library	–	242	OL59082282M
1958	Longmans, Green	–	137	OL5792532M
1957	University Press	–	108	OL20748277M
1957	Univ. Press	–	108	OL43745283M
1956	–	–	219	OL26561895M
1956	–	–	219	OL26561896M
1955	Harvard University Press	–	166	OL20414136M
1955	Yale University Press	–	129	OL6618574M
1955	Harvard University Press	–	166	OL52464956M
1955	Methuen	–	166	OL15962331M
1955	Harvard University Press	–	166	OL23319288M
1955	Methuen Publishing	–	246	OL58896177M
1955	Ginn & Company	–	116	OL45890117M
1955	Arden Shakespeare	–	240	OL7481133M
1954	Clarke, Irwin	–	151	OL14677714M
1953	Gawthorn Press	–	224	OL21346754M
1952	Macmillan	–	139	OL17323989M
1952	Globe Book Co.	–	99	OL6113524M
1950	Whittier College	–	87	OL6072293M
1949	University Press	–	219	OL6050955M
1949	Appleton-Century-Crofts	–	78	OL6048432M
1945	Yale University Press	–	129	OL13542397M
1942	Loyola University Press	–	178	OL6448593M
1942	The Viking Press	–	151	OL6447918M
1939	Harper	–	63	OL20936835M
1939	Ginn and Company	–	209	OL17637694M
1939	Ginn	–	209	OL15962495M
1938	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL6382235M
1937	Penguin Books Ltd.	–	114	OL60292713M
1936	Grosset & Dunlap	–	140	OL61645072M
1935	GINN & CO	–	248	OL58961168M
1935	Dent	–	106	OL43725815M
1935	Macmillan	–	135	OL19664448M
1935	Ginn	–	174	OL17094802M
1935	E.P. Dutton & co., inc.	–	123	OL61360734M
1934	Lyons & Carnahan	–	226	OL6313539M
1930	Laurel Book Company	–	261	OL6748427M
1929	J.B Lippincott Co.	–	119	OL6736429M
1929	Faber & Gwyer	–	130	OL6733264M
1929	Houghton Mifflin	–	130	OL16469023M
1929	Houghton Mifflin	–	113	OL6735082M
1928	Harlow publishing company	–	120	OL6717470M
1927	Methuen	–	180	OL17624388M
1927	Laidlaw brothers, incorporated	–	122	OL6710101M
1927	The John C. Winston company	–	144	OL6703627M
1926	Thomas Nelson	–	192	OL20193004M
1925	[Ernest Benn]	–	89	OL2916328M
1924	A.M. Lenox Press	–	202	OL61547225M
1924	Charles E. Merrill Co.	–	180	OL44604428M
1923	Ambrose Company	–	261	OL61885524M
1919	Allyn and Bacon	–	270	OL24817289M
1919	Allyn and Bacon	–	270	OL24760276M
1919	Allyn and Bacon	–	270	OL24734838M
1919	Blackie and Son	–	160	OL574572M
1919	Yale University Press	–	129	OL7143333M
1919	Allyn and Bacon	–	270	OL13524677M
1919	Yale University Press	–	129	OL32216588M
1919	Scott, Foresman and Company	–	203	OL43768715M
1919	Scott, Foresman	–	203	OL7157688M
1916	Christophers	–	127	OL6649878M
1916	Scott, Foresman and company	–	205	OL24172111M
1916	Row, Peterson and company	–	159	OL24172114M
1915	Copp Clark Co.	–	140	OL53658829M
1915	Lyons & Carnahan	–	164	OL24169943M
1915	D. C. Heath & Co.	–	190	OL17637280M
1915	Copp Clark Co.	–	140	OL24132781M
1915	D. C. Heath & Co.	–	190	OL40248742M
1915	Copp Clark	–	130	OL22200810M
1915	Copp Clark	–	140	OL26497403M
1915	Copp Clark	–	140	OL20748262M
1915	Heath	–	190	OL40258517M
1915	Copp Clark	–	140	OL53657751M
1914	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	161	OL24817371M
1914	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	161	OL24712405M
1914	B. F. Johnson Publishing Company	–	160	OL6566520M
1914	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	161	OL24760279M
1913	Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Press	–	111	OL19286864M
1913	American Book Company	–	199	OL45220351M
1913	Macmillan	–	129	OL7114562M
1913	The A.S. Barnes company	–	138	OL6562851M
1913	American book company	–	240	OL6662966M
1913	The Macmillan company	–	129	OL6554936M
1912	A. Flannagan company	–	112	OL23719554M
1912	Doubleday, Page & company	–	239	OL24177257M
1912	Penn	–	85	OL45033156M
1912	Silver, Burdett & co.	–	212	OL24386350M
1911	Heath	–	143	OL60408012M
1911	The Macmillan company	–	205	OL6774261M
1911	Clarendon Press	–	64	OL14053171M
1911	D.C. Heath and co.	–	174	OL62009614M
1911	Houghton Mifflin	–	110	OL62336841M
1911	H. Holt and Company	–	134	OL6531108M
1910	Charles E. Merrill	–	185	OL24734776M
1910	Charles E. Merrill	–	185	OL24760286M
1910	Morang Educational Co.	–	78	OL53648245M
1910	Charles E. Merrill	–	185	OL22008177M
1910	University press	–	220	OL43766491M
1910	Charles E. Merrill	–	185	OL24817196M
1910	University Press	–	220	OL24132409M
1909	Grosset	–	140	OL13571628M
1909	Funk & Wagnalls	–	140	OL30512688M
1909	The Coburn press	–	102	OL24178628M
1909	C. Scribner's sons	–	188	OL7004584M
1908	Blackie	–	163	OL7049876M
1908	Ginn and Company	–	174	OL22884096M
1908	Ginn and Co.	–	174	OL43766298M
1908	The Palmer company	–	142	OL24343242M
1907	G. Freytag	–	147	OL62013957M
1907	University Press	–	220	OL25658770M
1907	D. C. Heath	–	143	OL7095777M
1906	Blackie & Son	–	117	OL20345985M
1905	American Book Company	–	153	OL6962367M
1904	H. Holt & co.	–	90	OL61645071M
1904	T. Y. Crowell & co.	–	208	OL6949149M
1904	H. Holt and company	–	91	OL60744169M
1904	Dent	–	131	OL7026726M
1904	D. Appleton and company	–	158	OL6944243M
1903	American book company	–	240	OL6936532M
1903	Librairie Hachette	–	174	OL14016669M
1903	D.C. Heath & co.	–	143	OL17780830M
1902	Methuen & co.	–	179	OL61645073M
1902	Methuen & co.	–	278	OL20613735M
1902	Longmans	–	161	OL59261122M
1902	Alfred M. Holden, ...	–	136	OL62014778M
1902	Methuen	–	179	OL7102748M
1902	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	115	OL62014411M
1902	Scott, Foresman and company	–	194	OL62015123M
1902	Methuen	–	179	OL13489092M
1901	Ainsworth & company	–	153	OL23719341M
1901	University Society	–	158	OL23307736M
1901	G. Gill	–	180	OL15956810M
1901	Scott, Foresman and company	–	194	OL6912776M
1900	Samuel French	–	97	OL7061281M
1900	Printed at the Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Faber	–	130	OL21253576M
1900	American Book Company	–	199	OL18172490M
1900	Clarke	–	151	OL7073806M
1900	Maynard, Merrill & co.	–	228	OL24188097M
1900	Kans., Crane & company	–	131	OL23719513M
1900	Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co.	–	215	OL62351314M
1898	American book company	–	114	OL6637064M
1898	American Book Company	–	125	OL32220670M
1898	Harper & Brothers	–	199	OL7110294M
1898	American Book Company	–	125	OL343214M
1898	American Book Company	–	125	OL32220668M
1898	American book company	–	114	OL24733988M
1898	American book company	–	114	OL24819214M
1898	Harper & Brothers	–	199	OL24128982M
1896	J.M. Dent	–	131	OL25261658M
1895	Heath	–	143	OL60722194M
1895	At the University Press	–	207	OL62014255M
1895	Allyn and Bacon	–	123	OL24180419M
1895	Allyn and Bacon	–	123	OL24172639M
1894	Silver, Burdett and Co.	–	190	OL62013838M
1894	Houghton, Mifflin	–	110	OL14016673M
1894	Silver, Burdett	–	190	OL7003258M
1894	Harper	–	199	OL7132305M
1894	Houghton Mifflin	–	110	OL13569978M
1893	Blackie & Son	–	143	OL6634378M
1893	G.P. Putnam's Sons	–	161	OL44952632M
1893	Morang & Co.	–	143	OL53683473M
1893	Harper & brothers	–	199	OL7201492M
1893	Blackie & Son ...	–	112	OL62014175M
1891	I. Goldmann, steam printer	–	76	OL24819259M
1891	I. Goldmann, steam printer	–	76	OL24733658M
1890	R. Sutton & Co. ...	–	135	OL62013596M
1890	Moffatt and Paige, ...	–	174	OL62014127M
1890	H. Altemus	–	192	OL19355325M
1887	Cassell & Co., ltd.	–	192	OL6547731M
1887	Rivingtons	–	132	OL62013341M
1886	Harper & bros.	–	199	OL61647208M
1885	Allman & Son, Ltd.	–	128	OL62014225M
1885	Clarendon press	–	203	OL61686489M
1883	Harper	–	199	OL57703083M
1883	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	149	OL62014204M
1881	Harper & brothers	–	189	OL61645075M
1880	Harper & Brothers	–	189	OL20512005M
1879	Ginn & Heath	–	205	OL16671999M
1879	Ginn & Heath	–	205	OL24188177M
1879	Harper & brothers	–	189	OL43766280M
1879	Harper & brothers	–	189	OL61645074M
1850	S. French	–	66	OL6469631M
1850	published by J.H. Truchy at The French and English Library	–	230	OL59744386M
1830	E.B. Clayton	–	71	OL575781M
1824	T. Dolby	–	64	OL6291937M
1816	Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown	–	78	OL6765579M
1812	S. Gosnell	–	72	OL61628393M
1806	Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ...	–	72	OL17112592M
1800	J. Cumberland	–	63	OL59667941M
1800	Samuel French	–	66	OL44952353M
1774	Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, and sold by W. Owen, be	–	144	OL26220613M
1774	Printed for John Bell ...	–	70	OL20033403M
1751	Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper ...	–	72	OL7186810M
1741	Printed for J. and R. Tonson ...	–	70	OL16984200M
1734	Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and	–	72	OL18748099M
1734	Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors, and	–	72	OL25666430M
1734	Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors, and	–	72	OL25666429M
1729	Printed for J. Tonson and J. Darby [etc.]	–	78	OL44952351M
1695	Printed by H.H Jun. for Hen. Herringman and R. Bentley in Ru	–	64	OL25608376M
1695	Printed by H.H. Jun. for Hen Herringman and R. Bentley in Ru	–	64	OL25608377M
1684	Printed by W.H. Jun. for Hen Herringman and R. Bentley ... a	–	64	OL57409170M

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Questions

How many pages is Julius Caesar?: About 138 pages: that is the median of 555 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 63 to 296 pages.
How long does it take to read Julius Caesar?: About 2 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Julius Caesar?: Roughly 38,000 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)).