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Book · by Elie Wiesel · first published 1956

How many pages is Night?

Night by Elie Wiesel has a median of 126 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 116 to 144 pages.

Median pages
126
17 editions counted
Range
109–193
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page

How long will Night take you?

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Reading time
2 h 26 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001502001960198020001960: 116 pages1960: 116 pages1960: 116 pages1969: 127 pages1973: 126 pages1973: 128 pages1978: 126 pages1982: 109 pages1982: 109 pages1982: 109 pages1989: 109 pages1999: 193 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2011: 144 pagesmedian 126
1001502001960198020001960: 116 pages1960: 116 pages1960: 116 pages1969: 127 pages1973: 126 pages1973: 128 pages1978: 126 pages1982: 109 pages1982: 109 pages1982: 109 pages1989: 109 pages1999: 193 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2011: 144 pagesmedian 126
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
Hardcover13022 h 30 min
Paperback13522 h 36 min

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 59 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Hill and WangEpub144OL27514378M
2006Hill And Wang/F.S.G.Paperback144OL7974510M
2006Hill and WangPaperback, Hardcover144OL7423622M
2006Hill And Wang/F.S.G.–144OL7349932M
2006Hill and Wang–144OL7423919M
1999Holt, Rinehart and Winston–193OL3963034M
1989Bantam Books–109OL21251985M
1982Bantam Books–109OL24964875M

Questions

How many pages is Night?
About 126 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 109 to 193 pages.
How long does it take to read Night?
About 2 h 26 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Night?
Roughly 35,000 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)).