Book · by Vladimir Nabokov
How many pages is Lolita?
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov has a median of 319 pages across 64 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 288 to 335 pages.
Median pages
319
64 editions counted
Range
192–504
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
88k
at 275 words per page
How long will Lolita take you?
Reading time
5 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
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 | 319 | 11 | 5 h 37 min |
| Paperback | 441 | 5 | 7 h 46 min |
| Mass market | 288 | 4 | 5 h 05 min |
Editions counted
The 64 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 229 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL56452867M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL55499790M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL54644838M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL55857519M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL56230218M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL54644859M |
| 2013 | Reclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH Verlag | Paperback | 504 | OL52890649M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 362 | OL33259702M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | Hardcover | 336 | OL9304533M |
| 1999 | Easton Press | – | 317 | OL60155039M |
| 1997 | Random House, Inc. | Paperback | 317 | OL25652062M |
| 1997 | G.K. Hall | – | 471 | OL1009275M |
| 1995 | Penguin | – | 457 | OL19034738M |
| 1995 | The Traveller's Companion | – | 226 | OL58733431M |
| 1993 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | – | 457 | OL18798332M |
| 1993 | Orion | – | 257 | OL37824831M |
| 1992 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 335 | OL1744092M |
| 1991 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 457 | OL35686072M |
| 1991 | Moscow 'Aquarius | – | 326 | OL58929617M |
| 1989 | Ardis | Hardcover | 314 | OL8177107M |
| 1989 | Vintage International Vintage Books | – | 338 | OL59041218M |
| 1986 | Berkley Books | mass market paperback | 288 | OL40230552M |
| 1985 | Berkley | – | 287 | OL7502420M |
| 1983 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | – | 319 | OL50500563M |
| 1982 | Greenwich House | – | 319 | OL3489590M |
| 1981 | Franklin Library | Leather bound | 325 | OL3063604M |
| 1980 | Penguin | – | 315 | OL22815498M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | – | 326 | OL58635242M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | hardcover | 319 | OL40230568M |
| 1979 | Franklin Library | – | 325 | OL4455431M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | hardcover | 319 | OL40230575M |
| 1977 | Berkley | – | 290 | OL7500877M |
| 1975 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | Paperback | 441 | OL32557627M |
| 1975 | McGraw-Hill Book Company | Paperback | 441 | OL5217284M |
| 1973 | Berkley Medallion Book | – | 288 | OL53736858M |
| 1973 | Corgi | – | 347 | OL22832422M |
| 1971 | Weidenfeld and Nicolson | – | 441 | OL17407734M |
| 1968 | Berkley Publishing Corporation | mass market paperback | 288 | OL40230564M |
| 1967 | Phaedra Publishers | – | 304 | OL13537314M |
| 1962 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 354 | OL58929615M |
| 1961 | – | – | 354 | OL58634178M |
| 1961 | Corgi/Transworld | – | 347 | OL22594785M |
| 1960 | Weidenfeld and Nicolson | hardcover | 319 | OL40230571M |
| 1960 | Weidenfeld and Nicholson | Hardcover | 319 | OL32557743M |
| 1960 | The Olympia Press | – | 319 | OL44395608M |
| 1959 | Crest Giant | mass market paperback | 288 | OL40230577M |
| 1959 | Fawcett Publications | – | 288 | OL19813424M |
| 1959 | weidenfeld and nicolson | – | 326 | OL58929614M |
| 1959 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 290 | OL46946473M |
| 1959 | Weidenfeld and Nicolson | Hardcover | 319 | OL2648926M |
| 1959 | – | – | 326 | OL58636391M |
| 1959 | Crest Giant | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL26635751M |
| 1958 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | hardcover | 319 | OL40230562M |
| 1958 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | Hardcover | 319 | OL6249303M |
| 1958 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | hardcover | 319 | OL40230565M |
| 1955 | International Collectors Library | – | 294 | OL58929619M |
| 1955 | International Collectors Library | – | 279 | OL20938283M |
| 1955 | – | – | 290 | OL58699948M |
| 1955 | Putnam | – | 319 | OL46916544M |
| 1955 | The Olympia Press | – | 223 | OL44578258M |
| 1955 | – | – | 452 | OL58717576M |
| 1955 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | – | 294 | OL58727429M |
| 1955 | Berkley Publishing Corporation | – | 287 | OL22209597M |
| 1955 | weidenfeld and nicolson | – | 326 | OL58619619M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Lolita?
- About 319 pages: that is the median of 64 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 504 pages.
- How long does it take to read Lolita?
- About 5 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
- How many words is Lolita?
- Roughly 88,000 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)).