Book · by C. S. Lewis
How many pages is Mere Christianity?
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis has a median of 190 pages across 38 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 177 to 198 pages.
How long will Mere Christianity take you?
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 | 192 | 5 | 3 h 42 min |
| Paperback | 192 | 6 | 3 h 42 min |
Editions counted
The 38 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 109 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 109 | OL30000236M |
| 2012 | HarperOne | – | 328 | OL26967909M |
| 2006 | Rayo | Paperback | 240 | OL9243332M |
| 2001 | HarperOne | Hardcover | 227 | OL9234672M |
| 2001 | HarperOne | Paperback | 227 | OL6789552M |
| 2001 | Harper San Francisco | – | 256 | OL7261909M |
| 2000 | Broadman & Holman Pub | Paperback | 192 | OL7934969M |
| 1998 | HarperCollins | – | 187 | OL22454478M |
| 1997 | Scribner | Hardcover | 192 | OL7721928M |
| 1997 | Fount | Paperback | 192 | OL9213182M |
| 1996 | Simon & Schuster | – | 191 | OL22959411M |
| 1996 | Touchstone Books | Paperback | 191 | OL7721330M |
| 1988 | Collins | – | 200 | OL21988852M |
| 1988 | Fount | Hardcover | 224 | OL9209738M |
| 1987 | Phoenix Press | – | 349 | OL2736040M |
| 1986 | Collier Books, Macmillian Pub. Co. | – | 175 | OL22951654M |
| 1985 | Barbour and Co. | Hardcover | 191 | OL24430120M |
| 1982 | F.H. Revell | – | 352 | OL4267956M |
| 1981 | Macmillan | – | 211 | OL4266396M |
| 1978 | Prentice Hall & IBD | Paperback | 190 | OL9220034M |
| 1977 | Fount Paperbacks | – | 189 | OL22451063M |
| 1977 | Fount paperbacks | – | 189 | OL21081871M |
| 1977 | Macmillan | – | 190 | OL17942876M |
| 1968 | Collier Books | – | 175 | OL20402052M |
| 1967 | Macmillan | – | 175 | OL22107784M |
| 1961 | G. Bles | – | 177 | OL20180471M |
| 1960 | Macmillan Pub. Co. | – | 190 | OL18387997M |
| 1958 | Macmillan | – | 175 | OL28663930M |
| 1956 | Collins | – | 188 | OL18570861M |
| 1956 | Collins | – | 188 | OL26535585M |
| 1955 | Collins | – | 188 | OL21116255M |
| 1955 | Fontana Books | – | 188 | OL21243341M |
| 1953 | G. Bles | – | 177 | OL14064719M |
| 1952 | Bles | – | 177 | OL17490224M |
| 1952 | MacMillan Publishing Company | Hardcover | 175 | OL9221449M |
| 1952 | G. Bles | – | 176 | OL6123764M |
| 1952 | Macmillan | – | 175 | OL6115936M |
| 1952 | Macmillan | – | 175 | OL23248504M |
More by C. S. Lewis
- 186 pagesThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 186 pagesThe Magician's Nephew
- 768 pagesThe Chronicles of Narnia
- 216 pagesPrince Caspian
- 160 pagesThe Screwtape Letters
- 217 pagesThe Horse and His Boy
All 21 books by C. S. Lewis with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Mere Christianity?
- About 190 pages: that is the median of 38 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 109 to 352 pages.
- How long does it take to read Mere Christianity?
- About 3 h 39 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is Mere Christianity?
- Roughly 52,000 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)).