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How many pages is No Country for Old Men?

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy has a median of 320 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 309 to 325 pages.

Median pages
320
8 editions counted
Range
309–437
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
88k
at 275 words per page

How long will No Country for Old Men 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 38 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.

30035040045020042006200820102005: 309 pages2005: 437 pages2005: 309 pages2006: 340 pages2006: 320 pages2007: 309 pages2007: 320 pages2008: 320 pagesmedian 320
3003504004502005200720102005: 309 pages2005: 437 pages2005: 309 pages2006: 340 pages2006: 320 pages2007: 309 pages2007: 320 pages2008: 320 pagesmedian 320
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Picador USApaperback320OL27958036M
2007Picador–309OL26336883M
2007VintagePaperback320OL9527726M
2006Vintage, 2006paperback340OL28242695M
2006Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–320OL28744012M
2005Knopf–309OL23241795M
2005Random House Large Print–437OL3424039M
2005Knopf–309OL3311863M

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Questions

How many pages is No Country for Old Men?
About 320 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 309 to 437 pages.
How long does it take to read No Country for Old Men?
About 5 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is No Country for Old Men?
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)).