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How many pages is Me Before You?

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes has a median of 503 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 570 pages.

Median pages
503
7 editions counted
Range
369–632
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
138k
at 275 words per page

How long will Me Before You 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
8 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600201220132014201520162012: 503 pages2012: 369 pages2012: 400 pages2013: 632 pages2013: 629 pages2013: 400 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 503
4005006002012201420162012: 503 pages2012: 369 pages2012: 400 pages2013: 632 pages2013: 629 pages2013: 400 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 503
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 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 47 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Penguin Books Ltd–512OL28190975M
2013Thorndike Press–632OL28767513M
2013––629OL26921813M
2013Penguin Publishing Group–400OL29670133M
2012Penguin BooksPaperback503OL26362931M
2012Pamela Dorman Books–369OL25444042M
2012penguinfiction400OL26419380M

Questions

How many pages is Me Before You?
About 503 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 369 to 632 pages.
How long does it take to read Me Before You?
About 8 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is Me Before You?
Roughly 138,000 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)).