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How many pages is Short Stories?

Short Stories by Franz Kafka has a median of 271 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 486 pages.

Median pages
271
24 editions counted
Range
208–512
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 47 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.

20030040050019701980199020001961: 218 pages1961: 218 pages1971: 486 pages1972: 486 pages1976: 486 pages1980: 387 pages1981: 271 pages1981: 271 pages1983: 271 pages1983: 486 pages1988: 486 pages1990: 271 pages1993: 227 pages1995: 486 pages1995: 512 pages1996: 218 pages2000: 256 pages2000: 216 pages2003: 224 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 224 pages2007: 298 pages2008: 320 pages2009: 208 pagesmedian 271
200300400500198020001961: 218 pages1961: 218 pages1971: 486 pages1972: 486 pages1976: 486 pages1980: 387 pages1981: 271 pages1981: 271 pages1983: 271 pages1983: 486 pages1988: 486 pages1990: 271 pages1993: 227 pages1995: 486 pages1995: 512 pages1996: 218 pages2000: 256 pages2000: 216 pages2003: 224 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 224 pages2007: 298 pages2008: 320 pages2009: 208 pagesmedian 271
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Oxford University Press–208OL23164825M
2008Penguin ClassicsPaperback320OL10099939M
2007Penguin Books–298OL16993208M
2004Barnes & Noble ClassicsHardcover224OL8870223M
2003Barnes & Noble ClassicsPaperback224OL8870138M
2003Barnes & Noble Books–272OL22082879M
2000Penguin Books Ltd–256OL7358898M
2000Penguin–216OL16970835M

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Questions

How many pages is Short Stories?
About 271 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 208 to 512 pages.
How long does it take to read Short Stories?
About 4 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Short Stories?
Roughly 75,000 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)).