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Book · by John Steinbeck · first published 1947

How many pages is Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row?

Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row by John Steinbeck has a median of 264 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 226 to 277 pages.

Median pages
264
8 editions counted
Range
224–286
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
73k
at 275 words per page

How long will Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row 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
4 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2252502751950196019701947: 275 pages1947: 286 pages1947: 284 pages1949: 258 pages1951: 226 pages1960: 226 pages1964: 224 pages1973: 270 pagesmedian 264
2252502751950196019701947: 275 pages1947: 286 pages1947: 284 pages1949: 258 pages1951: 226 pages1960: 226 pages1964: 224 pages1973: 270 pagesmedian 264
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 16 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1973Penguin BooksPaperback270OL4715130M
1964Penguin BooksPaperback224OL27734713M
1960Penguin Books–226OL45734327M
1951Penguin–226OL43252542M
1949Penguin Books in Association with William Heinemann Ltd–258OL58945768M
1947Reprint Society–275OL43734991M
1947Reprint Society–286OL48603426M
1947The Reprint Society–284OL50063266M

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Questions

How many pages is Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row?
About 264 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 224 to 286 pages.
How long does it take to read Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row?
About 4 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Of Mice and Men & Cannery Row?
Roughly 73,000 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)).