Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1597
How many pages is Richard III?
Richard III by William Shakespeare has a median of 194 pages across 238 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 142 to 247 pages.
Median pages
194
238 editions counted
Range
89–414
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page
How long will Richard III take you?
Reading time
3 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 170 | 8 | 3 h |
| Paperback | 200 | 33 | 3 h 32 min |
Editions counted
The 238 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 42 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 764 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Blurb | – | 194 | OL53346536M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 155 | OL34214051M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 226 | OL34311959M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 178 | OL30215254M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL30229686M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 191 | OL29894710M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 200 | OL29898949M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 89 | OL30076681M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 126 | OL30049530M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 124 | OL56843629M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 164 | OL55534944M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL56684679M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL55372468M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 126 | OL56694184M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 122 | OL56566727M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL56685157M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL56852814M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL56598325M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 124 | OL56214188M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL56715755M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 90 | OL56822271M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL56817854M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 236 | OL56699622M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL56693913M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 206 | OL56761004M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL56804442M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL56849367M |
| 2018 | Publishers of the Valley | – | 170 | OL55369225M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL56830180M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL56516500M |
| 2017 | Penguin Classics | paperback | 208 | OL27382917M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 124 | OL56676592M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL56617742M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL56618287M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL54828658M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL54992835M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 170 | OL54989407M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL54660731M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 216 | OL28591578M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL56137115M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL56609104M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 142 | OL56673724M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 200 | OL34014689M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 176 | OL29725233M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 176 | OL29778850M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 176 | OL29725609M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL56549739M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 176 | OL29725578M |
| 2015 | Hollybook | – | 114 | OL55200363M |
| 2009 | Cambridge University Press | – | 236 | OL23080520M |
| 2009 | Cambridge University Press | – | 280 | OL25562166M |
| 2008 | BiblioBazaar | – | 199 | OL39797374M |
| 2008 | Modern Library | – | 244 | OL24034055M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 200 | OL11975335M |
| 2007 | Filiquarian | Paperback | 222 | OL12502523M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 178 | OL11975259M |
| 2007 | Sourcebooks MediaFusion | Paperback | 384 | OL8373596M |
| 2007 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 204 | OL9660110M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 200 | OL10370396M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 200 | OL10370630M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 208 | OL10370492M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 196 | OL9727032M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 198 | OL10370605M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 196 | OL10416590M |
| 2006 | Hesperides Press | Paperback | 336 | OL8409282M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 248 | OL7652831M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 222 | OL10416473M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 100 | OL8490178M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Paperback | 148 | OL8491618M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 270 | OL7748878M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Hardcover | 148 | OL8491596M |
| 2004 | Washington Square Press | – | 369 | OL28248538M |
| 2004 | SparkNotes | – | 343 | OL3292195M |
| 2004 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 273 | OL8990368M |
| 2004 | Pearson Education Australia | – | 312 | OL28429577M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 204 | OL8482493M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 136 | OL9570517M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 148 | OL11647534M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 136 | OL9706555M |
| 2003 | Costume & Fashion Press | Paperback | 308 | OL9703932M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 148 | OL11647535M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 136 | OL9606333M |
| 2002 | Nick Hern Books | – | 273 | OL3747192M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 136 | OL9755546M |
| 2001 | Arden | Paperback | 192 | OL8768135M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 172 | OL10503661M |
| 2000 | Applause Books | Paperback | 153 | OL8602227M |
| 2000 | Penguin Classics | – | 208 | OL7357423M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 158 | OL6782951M |
| 2000 | Cambridge University Press | – | 252 | OL3969523M |
| 2000 | Oxford University Press | – | 414 | OL28412920M |
| 2000 | Applause | – | 152 | OL16983815M |
| 1999 | Cambridge University Press | – | 226 | OL375107M |
| 1999 | Thomas Nelson & Sons | – | 382 | OL18096524M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | – | 260 | OL347356M |
| 1998 | Signet Classics | – | 336 | OL7577276M |
| 1997 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 162 | OL8978434M |
| 1996 | Pocket Books | – | 369 | OL15395709M |
| 1996 | Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf | – | 167 | OL970194M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | – | 190 | OL804132M |
| 1995 | Quality Paperback Book Club | Paperback | 162 | OL59017800M |
| 1995 | Dover Publications | – | 106 | OL803132M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 161 | OL22812019M |
| 1990 | Hyperion Books | Hardcover | 277 | OL12078787M |
| 1990 | Bristol Classical Pr | Hardcover | 277 | OL11967759M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 190 | OL2393616M |
| 1988 | Routledge | – | 382 | OL20735248M |
| 1988 | Macmillan | – | 139 | OL16230240M |
| 1988 | New American Library | – | 283 | OL2064752M |
| 1985 | Methuen | – | 382 | OL7498665M |
| 1985 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 254 | OL10138820M |
| 1985 | University Press of America | – | 173 | OL3020526M |
| 1983 | Gloucester | Paperback | 144 | OL7851090M |
| 1983 | Washington Square Press | – | 148 | OL40491999M |
| 1982 | International Thomson Publishing Services | – | 396 | OL7481141M |
| 1982 | Arden Shakespeare | – | 400 | OL7381571M |
| 1981 | Penguin Classics | – | 256 | OL7357280M |
| 1981 | Arden | Paperback | 398 | OL8770908M |
| 1981 | Methuen | – | 382 | OL4270614M |
| 1976 | Penguin Books | – | 253 | OL21035520M |
| 1975 | John Wiley & Sons Inc | Paperback | 176 | OL10296969M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 321 | OL5232664M |
| 1973 | Collins | – | 320 | OL5102485M |
| 1971 | Clarendon Press | – | 254 | OL19014499M |
| 1970 | University Press | – | 280 | OL21255809M |
| 1970 | AMS Press | – | 102 | OL4466221M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 344 | OL7716763M |
| 1969 | Penguin Books | – | 187 | OL4438509M |
| 1969 | Universitets forlaget | – | 221 | OL4755551M |
| 1968 | Blaiddell Publishing Company | – | 178 | OL59082294M |
| 1968 | Penguin | – | 256 | OL19676724M |
| 1968 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 280 | OL5672620M |
| 1968 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | – | 150 | OL5679099M |
| 1967 | Clarendon Press | – | 95 | OL16662431M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 269 | OL5540162M |
| 1967 | Oxford | – | 110 | OL59017868M |
| 1966 | airmont publishing | – | 226 | OL59017864M |
| 1966 | Shakespeare Recording Society | – | 139 | OL13671799M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | – | 224 | OL43253674M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL32148489M |
| 1965 | Clarendon Press | – | 254 | OL5935830M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 256 | OL13545946M |
| 1964 | Signet | – | 258 | OL58731444M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 256 | OL5905948M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 256 | OL13710460M |
| 1964 | Signet Classics | – | 288 | OL7577018M |
| 1964 | New English Library | – | 256 | OL21781221M |
| 1961 | Folio Society | – | 127 | OL3263455M |
| 1961 | University Press | – | 280 | OL20653395M |
| 1960 | Washington Square Press | – | 148 | OL5811999M |
| 1960 | Pocket Books | – | 148 | OL26338000M |
| 1960 | Washington Square Press | – | 368 | OL58684695M |
| 1959 | penguin books | – | 176 | OL59082383M |
| 1959 | Penguin Classics | – | 192 | OL7357389M |
| 1959 | Cambridge University Press | – | 280 | OL19979847M |
| 1959 | Penguin Books | – | 176 | OL6245778M |
| 1959 | Clarendon Press | – | 95 | OL6267193M |
| 1959 | Clarendon Press | – | 95 | OL14672401M |
| 1959 | Society for Theatre Research | – | 100 | OL45134030M |
| 1958 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 254 | OL6243609M |
| 1957 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL23339454M |
| 1957 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL13542396M |
| 1954 | University Press | – | 280 | OL6150547M |
| 1953 | Grabhorn Press | – | 190 | OL2989944M |
| 1953 | Penguin Books | – | 157 | OL58540536M |
| 1950 | S. French | – | 116 | OL21123232M |
| 1943 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | Hardcover | 192 | OL25440500M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent | – | 184 | OL6318245M |
| 1935 | Dent | – | 128 | OL43721449M |
| 1935 | Morrison & Gibb | – | 210 | OL59034438M |
| 1933 | D.C. Heath and Company | – | 254 | OL6290594M |
| 1933 | Nouvelles éditions latines | – | 157 | OL47958216M |
| 1930 | Blackie & Son | – | 242 | OL50063193M |
| 1927 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL2776103M |
| 1927 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL17728212M |
| 1927 | Yale University Press | – | 207 | OL6698190M |
| 1918 | Methuen | – | 221 | OL7113389M |
| 1918 | Methuen | – | 221 | OL7179259M |
| 1918 | Methuen | – | 221 | OL59351625M |
| 1916 | The Macmillan company | – | 203 | OL24733769M |
| 1916 | The Macmillan company | – | 203 | OL6592262M |
| 1916 | Ginn and company | – | 178 | OL23719332M |
| 1916 | Ginn and company | – | 178 | OL16616248M |
| 1916 | The Macmillan company | – | 203 | OL24819211M |
| 1914 | Macmillan ço. | – | 198 | OL7129966M |
| 1913 | Issued for subscribers by the editor of the Tudor facsimile | – | 95 | OL13497583M |
| 1913 | Issued for subscribers by the ed. of the Tudor facsimile tex | – | 98 | OL17455378M |
| 1913 | Issued for subscribers by the editor of the Tudor facsimile | – | 98 | OL24660171M |
| 1913 | Issued for subscribers by the editor of the Tudor facsimile | – | 98 | OL24646407M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 198 | OL6544404M |
| 1910 | T.Y. Crowell & Co. | – | 309 | OL30112808M |
| 1909 | Bigelow Smith & Co. | – | 213 | OL18435026M |
| 1908 | Ginn & company | – | 219 | OL24182448M |
| 1907 | Methuen | – | 268 | OL20602975M |
| 1907 | Methuen | – | 221 | OL52990550M |
| 1906 | Dent | – | 193 | OL16339563M |
| 1904 | Methuen | – | 150 | OL18280952M |
| 1904 | American Book Company | – | 329 | OL6942604M |
| 1902 | J. M. Dent | – | 193 | OL16211625M |
| 1902 | Heath | – | 204 | OL17146926M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 206 | OL16673948M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 206 | OL23330320M |
| 1898 | American Book Co. | – | 258 | OL44603548M |
| 1898 | American Book Company | – | 258 | OL19836182M |
| 1897 | Ginn | – | 219 | OL13545299M |
| 1896 | D.C. Heath | – | 204 | OL24650305M |
| 1895 | Harper & brothers | – | 256 | OL24819226M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent | – | 193 | OL25261666M |
| 1895 | Harper & brothers | – | 256 | OL24733760M |
| 1893 | G. P. Putnam's sons | – | 239 | OL44949065M |
| 1891 | Harper | – | 256 | OL59148618M |
| 1889 | C. Praetorius | – | 92 | OL18115751M |
| 1888 | C. Praetorius | – | 92 | OL25408463M |
| 1888 | C. Praetorius | – | 92 | OL14039591M |
| 1888 | C. Praetorius, 1888. | – | 92 | OL13440182M |
| 1886 | W. Griggs | – | 93 | OL7052538M |
| 1886 | Clark & Maynard | – | 200 | OL23719509M |
| 1884 | Harper & brothers | – | 256 | OL6942546M |
| 1882 | Harper & brothers | – | 254 | OL59803488M |
| 1882 | Clarendon press | – | 236 | OL7141325M |
| 1882 | Ginn, Heath, & co. | – | 219 | OL24186258M |
| 1880 | Ginn & Heath | – | 219 | OL16668234M |
| 1880 | at the Clarendon Press | – | 236 | OL24130034M |
| 1878 | F. Hart & company | – | 110 | OL24733746M |
| 1878 | F. Hart & company | – | 110 | OL24819221M |
| 1878 | Francis Hart & Company | – | 110 | OL20700125M |
| 1877 | Printed by E.S. Boot | – | 93 | OL17135722M |
| 1872 | T.H. Lacy | – | 181 | OL17861954M |
| 1868 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 98 | OL6637061M |
| 1868 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 98 | OL32220869M |
| 1865 | For private circulation only | – | 90 | OL58405993M |
| 1863 | For private circulation only | – | 90 | OL59488404M |
| 1822 | Wells and Lilly | – | 100 | OL24194683M |
| 1786 | J. Bell | – | 156 | OL17009452M |
| 1634 | Printed by I. Norton | – | 101 | OL20439857M |
| 1634 | Printed by Iohn Norton | – | 92 | OL25608407M |
| 1629 | Printed by Iohn Norton, and are to be sold by Mathew Law, dw | – | 92 | OL59112300M |
| 1612 | Printed by Thomas Creede, and are to be sold by Mathew Lawe, | – | 92 | OL59104251M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Richard III?
- About 194 pages: that is the median of 238 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 89 to 414 pages.
- How long does it take to read Richard III?
- About 3 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Richard III?
- Roughly 53,000 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)).