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How many pages is Regarding the Pain of Others?

Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag has a median of 131 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 128 to 131 pages.

Median pages
131
5 editions counted
Range
117–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
36k
at 275 words per page

How long will Regarding the Pain of Others take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1251501752002005201020152003: 117 pages2003: 131 pages2004: 131 pages2005: 128 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 131
1251501752002005201020152003: 117 pages2003: 131 pages2004: 131 pages2005: 128 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 131
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 27 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Picador–192OL28874921M
2005Penguin Books, Limited–128OL28429633M
2004Picador–131OL19654881M
2003Hamish Hamilton–117OL16363790M
2003Farrar, Straus and Giroux–131OL22523480M

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Questions

How many pages is Regarding the Pain of Others?
About 131 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 117 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read Regarding the Pain of Others?
About 2 h 31 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Regarding the Pain of Others?
Roughly 36,000 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)).