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How many pages is Player Piano?

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut has a median of 308 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 295 to 322 pages.

Median pages
308
32 editions counted
Range
233–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
85k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
5 h 26 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2753003253501960198020001952: 305 pages1952: 320 pages1952: 310 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1952: 320 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 306 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1952: 326 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1953: 352 pages1966: 295 pages1967: 295 pages1969: 322 pages1969: 285 pages1971: 295 pages1971: 320 pages1972: 295 pages1972: 320 pages1973: 288 pages1974: 295 pages1974: 320 pages1976: 322 pages1988: 295 pages1990: 317 pages1999: 341 pages2006: 341 pagesmedian 308
2753003253501960198020001952: 305 pages1952: 320 pages1952: 310 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1952: 320 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 306 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1952: 326 pages1952: 295 pages1952: 322 pages1953: 352 pages1966: 295 pages1967: 295 pages1969: 322 pages1969: 285 pages1971: 295 pages1971: 320 pages1972: 295 pages1972: 320 pages1973: 288 pages1974: 295 pages1974: 320 pages1976: 322 pages1988: 295 pages1990: 317 pages1999: 341 pages2006: 341 pagesmedian 308
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Dial press–341OL52255587M
1999The Dial Press–341OL7439289M
1990Paladin Grafton–317OL22368990M
1988Dell Publishing–295OL16842910M
1976a dell book–322OL58687991M
1974Dell–295OL16543487M
1974Dell–320OL17577960M
1973PantherPaperback288OL7882658M

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Questions

How many pages is Player Piano?
About 308 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 233 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Player Piano?
About 5 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Player Piano?
Roughly 85,000 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)).