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How many pages is No Longer at Ease?

No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe has a median of 168 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 158 to 170 pages.

Median pages
168
24 editions counted
Range
80–194
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
46k
at 275 words per page

How long will No Longer at Ease 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
2 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
6 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.

1001502001960197019801990200020101960: 169 pages1960: 169 pages1961: 170 pages1961: 159 pages1962: 170 pages1962: 170 pages1963: 169 pages1963: 169 pages1967: 170 pages1969: 159 pages1971: 169 pages1975: 154 pages1981: 176 pages1981: 154 pages1982: 159 pages1985: 159 pages1987: 153 pages1988: 159 pages1989: 80 pages1994: 194 pages1994: 194 pages2004: 154 pages2008: 168 pages2010: 144 pagesmedian 168
1001502001960198020001960: 169 pages1960: 169 pages1961: 170 pages1961: 159 pages1962: 170 pages1962: 170 pages1963: 169 pages1963: 169 pages1967: 170 pages1969: 159 pages1971: 169 pages1975: 154 pages1981: 176 pages1981: 154 pages1982: 159 pages1985: 159 pages1987: 153 pages1988: 159 pages1989: 80 pages1994: 194 pages1994: 194 pages2004: 154 pages2008: 168 pages2010: 144 pagesmedian 168
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Penguin Books, Limited–144OL28457275M
2008Pearson Education–168OL28444561M
2004East African Educational PublishersPaperback154OL13212029M
1994Anchor Books–194OL1089341M
1994Anchor Books–194OL32595616M
1989Heinemann–80OL16506835M
1988Ballantine Books–159OL18342362M
1987Heinemann Educational–153OL18193837M

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Questions

How many pages is No Longer at Ease?
About 168 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 80 to 194 pages.
How long does it take to read No Longer at Ease?
About 2 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is No Longer at Ease?
Roughly 46,000 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)).