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How many pages is Jurassic Park?

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton has a median of 400 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 458 pages.

Median pages
400
13 editions counted
Range
399–619
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
110k
at 275 words per page

How long will Jurassic Park 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
7 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005006001990199520002005201020151990: 401 pages1990: 399 pages1990: 400 pages1990: 400 pages1991: 399 pages1991: 400 pages1991: 572 pages1992: 619 pages1993: 399 pages1993: 401 pages1997: 400 pages2012: 466 pages2015: 458 pagesmedian 400
4005006001990200020101990: 401 pages1990: 399 pages1990: 400 pages1990: 400 pages1991: 399 pages1991: 400 pages1991: 572 pages1992: 619 pages1993: 399 pages1993: 401 pages1997: 400 pages2012: 466 pages2015: 458 pagesmedian 400
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

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

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover40047 h 04 min
Paperback42927 h 34 min
Mass market39927 h 02 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 94 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Arrow BooksPaperback458OL28567014M
2012Ballantine Books–466OL27097011M
1997Ballantine BooksPaperback400OL9833550M
1993Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback399OL24211571M
1993BCAhardcover401OL18336594M
1992F. A. Thorpe–619OL22619819M
1991Arrow BooksMass Market Paperback399OL22325553M
1991Century–400OL22284448M

More by Michael Crichton

All 12 books by Michael Crichton with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Jurassic Park?
About 400 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 399 to 619 pages.
How long does it take to read Jurassic Park?
About 7 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Jurassic Park?
Roughly 110,000 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)).