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How many pages is Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast)?

Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast) by C. S. Lewis has a median of 172 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 150 to 178 pages.

Median pages
172
23 editions counted
Range
128–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page

How long will it take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
3 h 19 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.

150200196019701980199020001955: 160 pages1961: 185 pages1961: 156 pages1961: 185 pages1961: 157 pages1962: 172 pages1962: 172 pages1962: 172 pages1963: 134 pages1964: 185 pages1979: 213 pages1981: 134 pages1981: 144 pages1982: 172 pages1982: 172 pages1982: 172 pages1985: 156 pages1996: 128 pages1996: 128 pages2000: 128 pages2001: 209 pages2001: 224 pages2001: 172 pagesmedian 172
1502001960198020001955: 160 pages1961: 185 pages1961: 156 pages1961: 185 pages1961: 157 pages1962: 172 pages1962: 172 pages1962: 172 pages1963: 134 pages1964: 185 pages1979: 213 pages1981: 134 pages1981: 144 pages1982: 172 pages1982: 172 pages1982: 172 pages1985: 156 pages1996: 128 pages1996: 128 pages2000: 128 pages2001: 209 pages2001: 224 pages2001: 172 pagesmedian 172
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
Hardcover19023 h 40 min
Paperback15042 h 53 min

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2001HarperSanFranciscoPaperback209OL23276258M
2001HarperCollinsHardcover224OL6789550M
2001––172OL21152630M
2000Broadman & Holman PubPaperback128OL7934964M
1996ScribnerPaperback128OL7721478M
1996Broadman & Holman Pub.–128OL18288821M
1985Barbour Publishing, IncorporatedHardcover156OL8337810M
1982Macmillan–172OL3497180M

More by C. S. Lewis

All 21 books by C. S. Lewis with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast)?
About 172 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast)?
About 3 h 19 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Novels (Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast)?
Roughly 47,000 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)).