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How many pages is Letters to Milena?

Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka has a median of 238 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 222 to 238 pages.

Median pages
238
15 editions counted
Range
188–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
65k
at 275 words per page

How long will Letters to Milena take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

2002503001960198020001953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1954: 238 pages1954: 238 pages1962: 238 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 222 pages1983: 188 pages1990: 192 pages1990: 298 pages1992: 188 pages2015: 320 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 238
200250300197520001953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1953: 238 pages1954: 238 pages1954: 238 pages1962: 238 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 222 pages1983: 188 pages1990: 192 pages1990: 298 pages1992: 188 pages2015: 320 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 238
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 84 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Penguin Random House–272OL28692068M
2015Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–320OL28806730M
1992Minerva–188OL20108475M
1990Penguin–192OL14949386M
1990Schocken Books–298OL2056537M
1983Penguin–188OL18929101M
1967Corgi Books–222OL16530411M
1967Transworld–222OL5649374M

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Questions

How many pages is Letters to Milena?
About 238 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 188 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read Letters to Milena?
About 4 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Letters to Milena?
Roughly 65,000 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)).