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How many pages is No Longer Human?

No Longer Human by 太宰 治 has a median of 177 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 177 to 188 pages.

Median pages
177
9 editions counted
Range
154–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
49k
at 275 words per page

How long will No Longer Human 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
3 h 07 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

16018019601980200020201948: 188 pages1958: 177 pages1958: 177 pages1959: 154 pages1973: 177 pages1973: 177 pages1992: 177 pages2023: 192 pages2023: 192 pagesmedian 177
1601801950197520001948: 188 pages1958: 177 pages1958: 177 pages1959: 154 pages1973: 177 pages1973: 177 pages1992: 177 pages2023: 192 pages2023: 192 pagesmedian 177
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 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 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Penguin Publishing Group–192OL40146735M
2023Tuttle Publishing–192OL46743226M
1992Charles E Tuttle–177OL19549778M
1973New Directions–177OL14546269M
1973New Directions–177OL21981698M
1959P. Owen–154OL17533949M
1958New Directions–177OL23753715M
1958New Directions–177OL6248323M

Questions

How many pages is No Longer Human?
About 177 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 154 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read No Longer Human?
About 3 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is No Longer Human?
Roughly 49,000 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)).