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How many pages is L’étranger?

L’étranger by Albert Camus has a median of 127 pages across 89 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 100 to 154 pages.

Median pages
127
89 editions counted
Range
58–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
2 h 14 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.

5010015020019601980200020201942: 162 pages1942: 171 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 127 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 162 pages1946: 162 pages1955: 182 pages1955: 182 pages1955: 183 pages1957: 192 pages1957: 154 pages1959: 162 pages1960: 126 pages1960: 154 pages1960: 154 pages1961: 119 pages1961: 120 pages1963: 171 pages1966: 156 pages1966: 154 pages1969: 118 pages1971: 130 pages1971: 181 pages1971: 119 pages1971: 130 pages1971: 181 pages1971: 119 pages1971: 127 pages1972: 185 pages1972: 154 pages1973: 155 pages1974: 126 pages1974: 154 pages1977: 154 pages1982: 186 pages1982: 96 pages1982: 100 pages1983: 110 pages1983: 118 pages1987: 128 pages1988: 123 pages1989: 123 pages1989: 123 pages1993: 117 pages1993: 98 pages1993: 160 pages1998: 127 pages1998: 192 pages1999: 123 pages2000: 119 pages2001: 125 pages2006: 164 pages2010: 128 pages2012: 208 pages2013: 128 pages2014: 58 pages2015: 192 pages2015: 76 pages2015: 64 pages2015: 76 pages2016: 134 pages2016: 102 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 92 pages2016: 76 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 128 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 64 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 78 pages2017: 102 pages2017: 78 pages2017: 102 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 128 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 76 pages2019: 136 pages2020: 144 pagesmedian 127
50100150200195020001942: 162 pages1942: 171 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 127 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 154 pages1946: 162 pages1946: 162 pages1955: 182 pages1955: 182 pages1955: 183 pages1957: 192 pages1957: 154 pages1959: 162 pages1960: 126 pages1960: 154 pages1960: 154 pages1961: 119 pages1961: 120 pages1963: 171 pages1966: 156 pages1966: 154 pages1969: 118 pages1971: 130 pages1971: 181 pages1971: 119 pages1971: 130 pages1971: 181 pages1971: 119 pages1971: 127 pages1972: 185 pages1972: 154 pages1973: 155 pages1974: 126 pages1974: 154 pages1977: 154 pages1982: 186 pages1982: 96 pages1982: 100 pages1983: 110 pages1983: 118 pages1987: 128 pages1988: 123 pages1989: 123 pages1989: 123 pages1993: 117 pages1993: 98 pages1993: 160 pages1998: 127 pages1998: 192 pages1999: 123 pages2000: 119 pages2001: 125 pages2006: 164 pages2010: 128 pages2012: 208 pages2013: 128 pages2014: 58 pages2015: 192 pages2015: 76 pages2015: 64 pages2015: 76 pages2016: 134 pages2016: 102 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 92 pages2016: 76 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 128 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 78 pages2016: 90 pages2016: 64 pages2017: 130 pages2017: 78 pages2017: 102 pages2017: 78 pages2017: 102 pages2017: 76 pages2017: 128 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 76 pages2019: 136 pages2020: 144 pagesmedian 127
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
Hardcover14162 h 29 min
Paperback14662 h 34 min

Editions counted

The 89 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 468 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Books, Limited–144OL29494295M
2019Oberon Books, Limited–136OL28711982M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–76OL55601328M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–76OL56154989M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–130OL55023739M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–78OL56372713M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–102OL56301118M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–78OL55170661M

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Questions

How many pages is L’étranger?
About 127 pages: that is the median of 89 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 58 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read L’étranger?
About 2 h 14 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is L’étranger?
Roughly 35,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).