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How many pages is Prince Caspian?

Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis has a median of 216 pages across 48 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 190 to 240 pages.

Median pages
216
48 editions counted
Range
112–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
59k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
3 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1002003001960198020001951: 186 pages1951: 194 pages1951: 186 pages1951: 195 pages1951: 186 pages1951: 186 pages1952: 271 pages1953: 252 pages1954: 239 pages1955: 112 pages1962: 186 pages1962: 192 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 195 pages1969: 194 pages1970: 216 pages1970: 216 pages1975: 216 pages1978: 216 pages1980: 190 pages1986: 209 pages1986: 184 pages1986: 209 pages1988: 190 pages1994: 240 pages1994: 223 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 223 pages1995: 240 pages1996: 190 pages1996: 190 pages1997: 190 pages2000: 240 pages2000: 174 pages2000: 223 pages2000: 262 pages2005: 240 pages2006: 240 pages2008: 223 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 256 pages2009: 224 pages2009: 256 pages2014: 208 pages2018: 119 pagesmedian 216
100200300197520001951: 186 pages1951: 194 pages1951: 186 pages1951: 195 pages1951: 186 pages1951: 186 pages1952: 271 pages1953: 252 pages1954: 239 pages1955: 112 pages1962: 186 pages1962: 192 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 195 pages1969: 194 pages1970: 216 pages1970: 216 pages1975: 216 pages1978: 216 pages1980: 190 pages1986: 209 pages1986: 184 pages1986: 209 pages1988: 190 pages1994: 240 pages1994: 223 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 223 pages1995: 240 pages1996: 190 pages1996: 190 pages1997: 190 pages2000: 240 pages2000: 174 pages2000: 223 pages2000: 262 pages2005: 240 pages2006: 240 pages2008: 223 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 240 pages2008: 288 pages2008: 256 pages2009: 224 pages2009: 256 pages2014: 208 pages2018: 119 pagesmedian 216
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
Hardcover23224 h 05 min
Paperback240114 h 14 min

Editions counted

The 48 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were 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 145 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Independently Published–119OL29796326M
2014HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL28537920M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–224OL28449041M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL29592165M
2008Scholastic Inc.–223OL26330661M
2008HarperEntertainmentPaperback240OL9952154M
2008HarperCollinsHardcover240OL9837185M
2008HarperTrophyPaperback240OL9952128M

More by C. S. Lewis

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Questions

How many pages is Prince Caspian?
About 216 pages: that is the median of 48 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 112 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read Prince Caspian?
About 3 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Prince Caspian?
Roughly 59,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).