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Book · by Gabriel García Márquez · first published 1999

How many pages is One Hundred Years of Solitude?

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez has a median of 422 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 417 to 432 pages.

Median pages
422
32 editions counted
Range
336–560
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
116k
at 275 words per page

How long will One Hundred Years of Solitude 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
7 h 26 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40050019701980199020001970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1971: 383 pages1972: 383 pages1974: 422 pages1975: 383 pages1978: 336 pages1981: 434 pages1982: 348 pages1987: 432 pages1991: 406 pages1993: 544 pages1993: 541 pages1995: 416 pages1995: 416 pages1995: 422 pages1998: 422 pages1999: 432 pages2001: 458 pages2003: 417 pages2003: 464 pages2004: 560 pages2004: 548 pages2006: 417 pages2006: 448 pages2006: 417 pages2006: 417 pages2007: 422 pages2009: 432 pagesmedian 422
400500198020001970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1970: 422 pages1971: 383 pages1972: 383 pages1974: 422 pages1975: 383 pages1978: 336 pages1981: 434 pages1982: 348 pages1987: 432 pages1991: 406 pages1993: 544 pages1993: 541 pages1995: 416 pages1995: 416 pages1995: 422 pages1998: 422 pages1999: 432 pages2001: 458 pages2003: 417 pages2003: 464 pages2004: 560 pages2004: 548 pages2006: 417 pages2006: 448 pages2006: 417 pages2006: 417 pages2007: 422 pages2009: 432 pagesmedian 422
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover41927 h 23 min
Paperback43267 h 37 min

Editions counted

The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 208 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Penguinpaperback432OL27672081M
2007Penguin IndiaPaperback422OL33990002M
2006Harper Perennial Modern Classics–417OL24748659M
2006Harper Perennial Modern ClassicsPaperback448OL9238195M
2006Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media–417OL7585142M
2006Harper Perennial Modern Classics–417OL22752164M
2004HarperCollins–560OL7281023M
2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media–548OL7585051M

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Questions

How many pages is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
About 422 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 336 to 560 pages.
How long does it take to read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
About 7 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Roughly 116,000 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)).