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Book · by S. E. Hinton · first published 1975

How many pages is Rumble Fish?

Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton has a median of 123 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 122 to 135 pages.

Median pages
123
5 editions counted
Range
122–135
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
34k
at 275 words per page

How long will Rumble Fish take you?

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Reading time
2 h 10 min
At 30 min a day
5 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.

1201301975198019851975: 122 pages1976: 122 pages1977: 123 pages1989: 135 pages1989: 135 pagesmedian 123
1201301975198019851975: 122 pages1976: 122 pages1977: 123 pages1989: 135 pages1989: 135 pagesmedian 123
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 14 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1989Laurel Leaf–135OL7523691M
1989Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc.–135OL23244425M
1977HarperCollins–123OL16308081M
1976Gollancz–122OL18150730M
1975Delacorte Press–122OL5188264M

More by S. E. Hinton

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Questions

How many pages is Rumble Fish?
About 123 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 122 to 135 pages.
How long does it take to read Rumble Fish?
About 2 h 10 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Rumble Fish?
Roughly 34,000 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)).