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How many pages is Lisey's Story?

Lisey's Story by Stephen King has a median of 582 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 549 to 700 pages.

Median pages
582
18 editions counted
Range
513–825
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
10h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
160k
at 275 words per page

How long will Lisey's Story 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
10 h 16 min
At 30 min a day
21 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6008002010201520202006: 576 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 563 pages2006: 825 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 528 pages2006: 528 pages2007: 688 pages2007: 704 pages2007: 678 pages2007: 513 pages2007: 824 pages2008: 528 pages2011: 704 pages2011: 656 pages2021: 704 pages2021: 544 pagesmedian 582
6008002010201520202006: 576 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 563 pages2006: 825 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 582 pages2006: 528 pages2006: 528 pages2007: 688 pages2007: 704 pages2007: 678 pages2007: 513 pages2007: 824 pages2008: 528 pages2011: 704 pages2011: 656 pages2021: 704 pages2021: 544 pagesmedian 582
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
Hardcover56339 h 55 min
Paperback616410 h 52 min
Mass market667211 h 45 min

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 53 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Hodder–704OL33935967M
2021Scribnerpaperback544OL32540480M
2011Hodder & Stoughton–704OL29059652M
2011Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback656OL9727679M
2008PocketPaperback528OL11758696M
2007Pocket BooksPaperback688OL8457021M
2007Hodder & Stoughton–704OL53243883M
2007HodderMass Market Paperback678OL29790628M

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Questions

How many pages is Lisey's Story?
About 582 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 513 to 825 pages.
How long does it take to read Lisey's Story?
About 10 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 21 days.
How many words is Lisey's Story?
Roughly 160,000 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)).