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How many pages is Of Mice and Men?

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has a median of 118 pages across 86 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 107 to 164 pages.

Median pages
118
86 editions counted
Range
54–214
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
32k
at 275 words per page

How long will Of Mice and 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
2 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
5 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.

100200194019601980200020201937: 186 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 118 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 164 pages1937: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1939: 186 pages1939: 186 pages1940: 196 pages1940: 186 pages1942: 194 pages1947: 189 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1965: 214 pages1965: 186 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 118 pages1967: 118 pages1968: 119 pages1968: 119 pages1970: 186 pages1970: 164 pages1971: 118 pages1971: 164 pages1971: 164 pages1971: 208 pages1972: 118 pages1974: 118 pages1975: 87 pages1975: 130 pages1976: 119 pages1977: 98 pages1977: 118 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 118 pages1984: 118 pages1986: 107 pages1989: 141 pages1992: 128 pages1992: 113 pages1992: 112 pages1993: 107 pages1993: 107 pages1994: 113 pages1994: 128 pages1994: 112 pages1995: 113 pages1995: 113 pages1999: 113 pages2000: 112 pages2000: 144 pages2001: 95 pages2002: 103 pages2002: 103 pages2003: 124 pages2004: 118 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 128 pages2008: 132 pages2008: 60 pages2010: 123 pages2011: 104 pages2015: 62 pages2015: 62 pages2015: 66 pages2015: 107 pages2016: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 68 pages2016: 88 pages2017: 112 pages2017: 110 pages2018: 72 pages2018: 118 pages2018: 74 pages2018: 54 pages2021: 77 pagesmedian 118
100200195020001937: 186 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 118 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 186 pages1937: 164 pages1937: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1938: 186 pages1939: 186 pages1939: 186 pages1940: 196 pages1940: 186 pages1942: 194 pages1947: 189 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1965: 214 pages1965: 186 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 118 pages1967: 118 pages1968: 119 pages1968: 119 pages1970: 186 pages1970: 164 pages1971: 118 pages1971: 164 pages1971: 164 pages1971: 208 pages1972: 118 pages1974: 118 pages1975: 87 pages1975: 130 pages1976: 119 pages1977: 98 pages1977: 118 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 118 pages1984: 118 pages1986: 107 pages1989: 141 pages1992: 128 pages1992: 113 pages1992: 112 pages1993: 107 pages1993: 107 pages1994: 113 pages1994: 128 pages1994: 112 pages1995: 113 pages1995: 113 pages1999: 113 pages2000: 112 pages2000: 144 pages2001: 95 pages2002: 103 pages2002: 103 pages2003: 124 pages2004: 118 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 128 pages2008: 132 pages2008: 60 pages2010: 123 pages2011: 104 pages2015: 62 pages2015: 62 pages2015: 66 pages2015: 107 pages2016: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 68 pages2016: 88 pages2017: 112 pages2017: 110 pages2018: 72 pages2018: 118 pages2018: 74 pages2018: 54 pages2021: 77 pagesmedian 118
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover164172 h 53 min
Paperback112111 h 58 min
Mass market11882 h 05 min

Editions counted

The 86 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 293 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–77OL34245772M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–72OL56156356M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–118OL56379811M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–74OL56080487M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–54OL56790946M
2017Penguin Books, Limited–112OL28632551M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–110OL55208557M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–72OL54981208M

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Questions

How many pages is Of Mice and Men?
About 118 pages: that is the median of 86 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 54 to 214 pages.
How long does it take to read Of Mice and Men?
About 2 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Of Mice and Men?
Roughly 32,000 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)).