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How many pages is Rose Madder?

Rose Madder by Stephen King has a median of 479 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 466 to 486 pages.

Median pages
479
17 editions counted
Range
300–652
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page

How long will Rose Madder 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
8 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600199520002005201020151995: 486 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 420 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 652 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 420 pages1995: 595 pages1996: 600 pages1996: 484 pages1996: 479 pages1996: 486 pages1999: 480 pages2010: 300 pages2016: 400 pages2018: 547 pagesmedian 479
400600200020101995: 486 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 420 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 652 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 466 pages1995: 420 pages1995: 595 pages1996: 600 pages1996: 484 pages1996: 479 pages1996: 486 pages1999: 480 pages2010: 300 pages2016: 400 pages2018: 547 pagesmedian 479
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
Hardcover44347 h 49 min
Paperback50628 h 56 min
Mass market53729 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 57 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Gallery Bookspaperback547OL27350784M
2016Scribner–400OL34011546M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53242671M
1999Tandem Library–480OL7587510M
1996ISIS–600OL17201855M
1996BCAHardcover484OL43478637M
1996SignetMass Market Paperback479OL24218617M
1996BCA–486OL18399912M

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Questions

How many pages is Rose Madder?
About 479 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 652 pages.
How long does it take to read Rose Madder?
About 8 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Rose Madder?
Roughly 132,000 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)).