Book · by John Steinbeck · first published 1937
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.
How long will Of Mice and Men take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 164 | 17 | 2 h 53 min |
| Paperback | 112 | 11 | 1 h 58 min |
| Mass market | 118 | 8 | 2 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.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 77 | OL34245772M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 72 | OL56156356M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 118 | OL56379811M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 74 | OL56080487M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56790946M |
| 2017 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 112 | OL28632551M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 110 | OL55208557M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 72 | OL54981208M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 64 | OL55859251M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 72 | OL56495133M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 64 | OL55654715M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 68 | OL55201343M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 88 | OL55520860M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 62 | OL56133776M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 62 | OL56668629M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 66 | OL55297514M |
| 2015 | Penguin Young Readers Group | – | 107 | OL34225643M |
| 2011 | ThINKing | Paperback | 104 | OL39474464M |
| 2010 | Longman | Hardcover | 123 | OL7882195M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 132 | OL28447721M |
| 2008 | Pearson Education Australia | – | 60 | OL28452911M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 128 | OL7358707M |
| 2005 | Pearson / Longman | Hardcover | 160 | OL7881434M |
| 2005 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 128 | OL28534698M |
| 2004 | Planet Three Publishing Network | – | 118 | OL46862888M |
| 2003 | W.F. Howes | Hardcover | 124 | OL22816288M |
| 2002 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 103 | OL3955379M |
| 2002 | Paw Prints (Penguin Books) | Library Binding | 103 | OL31879512M |
| 2001 | Klett | Paperback | 95 | OL9018102M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books Ltd | Paperback | 112 | OL7352519M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 144 | OL7359065M |
| 1999 | Heinemann New Windmills | Paperback | 113 | OL7508065M |
| 1995 | Mandarin | – | 113 | OL22633400M |
| 1995 | Minerva | – | 113 | OL22638546M |
| 1994 | Mammoth | – | 113 | OL22838213M |
| 1994 | Compact Books | – | 128 | OL22835784M |
| 1994 | Penguin | – | 112 | OL21144427M |
| 1993 | Penguin Books | Turtleback Binding: Sewn | 107 | OL18641355M |
| 1993 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 107 | OL9304093M |
| 1992 | Mandarin | – | 128 | OL22395003M |
| 1992 | Mandarin | Paperback | 113 | OL25562538M |
| 1992 | Penguin | Paperback | 112 | OL7349330M |
| 1989 | J. Curley | Paperback | 141 | OL2045874M |
| 1986 | Viking | – | 107 | OL2708723M |
| 1984 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 118 | OL7823460M |
| 1982 | Pan Books | Mass Market Paperback | 95 | OL10487656M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 118 | OL7821672M |
| 1977 | Pan Books in association with William Heinemann | – | 98 | OL58690822M |
| 1977 | Bantam Books | Paperback | 118 | OL7817479M |
| 1976 | – | – | 119 | OL21498351M |
| 1975 | Macmillan Education | – | 87 | OL7508358M |
| 1975 | Bantam Books | – | 130 | OL58658811M |
| 1974 | Bantam Pathfinder Editions | mass market paperback | 118 | OL47768807M |
| 1972 | Bantam Pathfinder Editions | mass market paperback | 118 | OL37795366M |
| 1971 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 118 | OL47773922M |
| 1971 | Heinemann | hardcover | 164 | OL47773913M |
| 1971 | Heinemann | Hardcover | 164 | OL22644476M |
| 1971 | Edito-Service | Hardcover | 208 | OL5737508M |
| 1970 | The Modern Library | – | 186 | OL21362208M |
| 1970 | Limited Editions Club | Hardcover | 164 | OL4409706M |
| 1968 | Viking Press | hardcover | 119 | OL37795364M |
| 1968 | Viking Press | hardcover | 119 | OL44234372M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 118 | OL47774290M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 118 | OL24215705M |
| 1965 | Modern Library | – | 214 | OL58968943M |
| 1965 | Random House | – | 186 | OL16336303M |
| 1965 | Modern Library | – | 186 | OL23767761M |
| 1963 | Bantam Books | – | 118 | OL40237688M |
| 1963 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 118 | OL37795368M |
| 1947 | The Albatross | – | 189 | OL43734314M |
| 1942 | Triangle Books | – | 194 | OL58642583M |
| 1940 | Triangle Books | – | 196 | OL58663342M |
| 1940 | Triangle Books | – | 186 | OL53090615M |
| 1939 | The Sun Dial Press, Inc. | – | 186 | OL6400024M |
| 1939 | Triangle Books | – | 186 | OL45052594M |
| 1938 | Random House | Hardcover | 186 | OL6366742M |
| 1938 | Modern Library | hardcover | 186 | OL39492773M |
| 1938 | Triangle Books | Hardcover | 186 | OL6366743M |
| 1937 | P. F. Collier & Son | hardcover | 186 | OL39492780M |
| 1937 | Collier | – | 186 | OL57683953M |
| 1937 | Bantam | – | 118 | OL13537601M |
| 1937 | The Modern Library | – | 186 | OL13537600M |
| 1937 | Covici-Friede | Hardcover | 186 | OL6348985M |
| 1937 | William Heinemann | Hardcover | 164 | OL26418447M |
| 1937 | P. F. Collier & Son Corporation | hardcover | 186 | OL43117054M |
| – | Botimet ideart | – | 139 | OL15972230M |
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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)).