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How many pages is Neuromancer?

Neuromancer by William Gibson has a median of 291 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 272 to 317 pages.

Median pages
291
14 editions counted
Range
231–371
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
80k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Neuromancer 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
5 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
11 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.

2503003501990200020101984: 251 pages1984: 271 pages1986: 231 pages1990: 231 pages1993: 317 pages1994: 277 pages1994: 278 pages1995: 317 pages2000: 276 pages2000: 317 pages2004: 371 pages2016: 320 pages2016: 304 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 291
25030035020001984: 251 pages1984: 271 pages1986: 231 pages1990: 231 pages1993: 317 pages1994: 277 pages1994: 278 pages1995: 317 pages2000: 276 pages2000: 317 pages2004: 371 pages2016: 320 pages2016: 304 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 291
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Orion Publishing Group, Limited–352OL29302865M
2016Orion Publishing Group, Limited–320OL29302864M
2016Penguin ClassicsHardcover304OL27444262M
2004Ace Books–371OL3305354M
2000Ace BooksPaperback276OL3963678M
2000Voyager–317OL20872554M
1995Voyager–317OL22822383M
1994HarperCollins–277OL22849249M

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Questions

How many pages is Neuromancer?
About 291 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 231 to 371 pages.
How long does it take to read Neuromancer?
About 5 h 08 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Neuromancer?
Roughly 80,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).