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How many pages is Pet Sematary?

Pet Sematary by Stephen King has a median of 423 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 395 to 480 pages.

Median pages
423
21 editions counted
Range
300–634
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
116k
at 275 words per page

How long will Pet Sematary 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 27 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.

4006001990200020101983: 373 pages1983: 374 pages1983: 367 pages1984: 416 pages1984: 410 pages1984: 634 pages1989: 423 pages1989: 424 pages1993: 367 pages2001: 562 pages2001: 460 pages2002: 395 pages2004: 560 pages2005: 576 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 480 pages2014: 416 pages2017: 560 pages2019: 395 pages2019: 465 pagesmedian 423
40060020001983: 373 pages1983: 374 pages1983: 367 pages1984: 416 pages1984: 410 pages1984: 634 pages1989: 423 pages1989: 424 pages1993: 367 pages2001: 562 pages2001: 460 pages2002: 395 pages2004: 560 pages2005: 576 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 480 pages2014: 416 pages2017: 560 pages2019: 395 pages2019: 465 pagesmedian 423
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover37426 h 35 min
Paperback39536 h 58 min
Mass market568210 h 01 min

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 92 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Gallery Bookspaperback395OL28366866M
2019HodderPaperback465OL28713454M
2017Pocket Booksmass market paperback560OL32650630M
2014Scribner–416OL29697419M
2011Hodder & Stoughton–480OL53246431M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53243299M
2005PocketMass Market Paperback576OL8457070M
2004Pocket Books–560OL28912511M

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Questions

How many pages is Pet Sematary?
About 423 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 634 pages.
How long does it take to read Pet Sematary?
About 7 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Pet Sematary?
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)).