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How many pages is Ready Player One?

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline has a median of 384 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 374 to 384 pages.

Median pages
384
7 editions counted
Range
372–608
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ready Player One 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
6 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600201220142016201820202011: 374 pages2011: 374 pages2011: 384 pages2012: 372 pages2017: 608 pages2018: 384 pages2020: 384 pagesmedian 384
400500600201520202011: 374 pages2011: 374 pages2011: 384 pages2012: 372 pages2017: 608 pages2018: 384 pages2020: 384 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Random House–384OL30185607M
2018Penguin Random House–384OL28644976M
2017Random House Large Print–608OL27097855M
2012Arrow BooksPaperback372OL27257671M
2011Crown PublishersHardcover374OL24842593M
2011Broadway Paperbacks–374OL25357114M
2011Penguin Random House–384OL33390918M

Questions

How many pages is Ready Player One?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 372 to 608 pages.
How long does it take to read Ready Player One?
About 6 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Ready Player One?
Roughly 106,000 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)).