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How many pages is On Photography?

On Photography by Susan Sontag has a median of 208 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 207 to 220 pages.

Median pages
208
10 editions counted
Range
182–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page

How long will On Photography 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
4 h
At 30 min a day
8 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.

180200220198019902000201020201977: 207 pages1977: 207 pages1977: 182 pages1978: 207 pages1979: 207 pages1989: 208 pages1990: 208 pages2001: 224 pages2009: 224 pages2025: 224 pagesmedian 207
1802002201980200020201977: 207 pages1977: 207 pages1977: 182 pages1978: 207 pages1979: 207 pages1989: 208 pages1990: 208 pages2001: 224 pages2009: 224 pages2025: 224 pagesmedian 207
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Picador–224OL57758936M
2009Penguin Books, Limited–224OL28442141M
2001PicadorPaperback224OL9370411M
1990Anchor Books–208OL1849030M
1989Farrar, Straus and Giroux–208OL22476991M
1979Penguin–207OL16198025M
1978Penguin Books, Limited–207OL40354049M
1977Dell–207OL19992723M

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Questions

How many pages is On Photography?
About 208 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 182 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read On Photography?
About 4 h at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is On Photography?
Roughly 57,000 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)).