Book · by Stephen King · first published 2000
How many pages is On Writing?
On Writing by Stephen King has a median of 291 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 288 to 320 pages.
How long will On Writing 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 | 288 | 4 | 5 h 05 min |
| Paperback | 291 | 3 | 5 h 08 min |
Editions counted
The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Scribner | – | 320 | OL29883862M |
| 2010 | Scribner | – | 291 | OL24828216M |
| 2010 | Scribner | Paperback | 291 | OL24325491M |
| 2002 | Pocket Books | Mass Market Paperback | 297 | OL7950387M |
| 2001 | New English Library Ltd | Paperback | 384 | OL10676617M |
| 2001 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 288 | OL9322532M |
| 2001 | Perfection Learning | Prebound | 288 | OL9687540M |
| 2001 | Pocket Books | Paperback | 288 | OL7644833M |
| 2001 | Hodder & Stoughton | Epub | 384 | OL26444811M |
| 2001 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Library Binding | 288 | OL9865019M |
| 2000 | Scribner | – | 288 | OL23244691M |
| 2000 | Scribner | Hardcover | 432 | OL7926695M |
| 2000 | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd | Hardcover | 256 | OL10630690M |
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Questions
- How many pages is On Writing?
- About 291 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 256 to 432 pages.
- How long does it take to read On Writing?
- About 5 h 08 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is On Writing?
- Roughly 80,000 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)).