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How many pages is Rosemary's Baby?

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin has a median of 256 pages across 27 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 233 to 273 pages.

Median pages
256
27 editions counted
Range
205–348
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Rosemary's Baby 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
4 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250300350197019801990200020101967: 245 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 264 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 218 pages1967: 245 pages1968: 226 pages1968: 205 pages1970: 319 pages1973: 218 pages1973: 244 pages1973: 245 pages1974: 348 pages1991: 245 pages1991: 262 pages1992: 205 pages2003: 320 pages2003: 301 pages2003: 308 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 240 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 300 pages2014: 256 pages2017: 282 pages2017: 256 pagesmedian 256
200250300350198020001967: 245 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 264 pages1967: 222 pages1967: 218 pages1967: 245 pages1968: 226 pages1968: 205 pages1970: 319 pages1973: 218 pages1973: 244 pages1973: 245 pages1974: 348 pages1991: 245 pages1991: 262 pages1992: 205 pages2003: 320 pages2003: 301 pages2003: 308 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 240 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 256 pages2011: 300 pages2014: 256 pages2017: 282 pages2017: 256 pagesmedian 256
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
Paperback25634 h 31 min
Mass market24024 h 14 min

Editions counted

The 27 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Pegasus Books–282OL26813939M
2017Pegasus Bookspaperback256OL27281291M
2014Pegasus Bookspaperback256OL30304659M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–256OL52587341M
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–240OL28468184M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–256OL52592538M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–256OL52589871M
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–300OL33479664M

More by Ira Levin

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Questions

How many pages is Rosemary's Baby?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 27 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 205 to 348 pages.
How long does it take to read Rosemary's Baby?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Rosemary's Baby?
Roughly 70,000 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)).