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Book · by Judith McNaught · first published 1993

How many pages is Perfect?

Perfect by Judith McNaught has a median of 596 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 515 to 697 pages.

Median pages
596
6 editions counted
Range
496–983
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
164k
at 275 words per page

How long will Perfect 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
10 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
22 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6008001,000199419961998200020021993: 983 pages1993: 516 pages1993: 515 pages1994: 677 pages1994: 496 pages2002: 704 pagesmedian 596
6008001,000199520001993: 983 pages1993: 516 pages1993: 515 pages1994: 677 pages1994: 496 pages2002: 704 pagesmedian 596
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 10 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2002PocketPaperback704OL7950892M
1994Pocket Books–677OL24216480M
1994Pocket Books–496OL18210306M
1993Thorndike Press–983OL1402530M
1993Pocket Books–516OL1445196M
1993Simon &Schuster–515OL17452080M

More by Judith McNaught

All 7 books by Judith McNaught with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Perfect?
About 596 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 496 to 983 pages.
How long does it take to read Perfect?
About 10 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 22 days.
How many words is Perfect?
Roughly 164,000 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)).