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How many pages is Siddhartha?

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse has a median of 139 pages across 58 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 122 to 156 pages.

Median pages
139
58 editions counted
Range
71–280
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
38k
at 275 words per page

How long will Siddhartha 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
2 h 27 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.

10020030019601980200020201951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 122 pages1951: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 153 pages1957: 122 pages1958: 130 pages1964: 153 pages1971: 152 pages1971: 152 pages1983: 152 pages1992: 122 pages1998: 175 pages1999: 132 pages1999: 81 pages2000: 119 pages2002: 159 pages2002: 176 pages2004: 96 pages2005: 192 pages2005: 280 pages2005: 156 pages2005: 156 pages2005: 116 pages2005: 129 pages2005: 92 pages2006: 154 pages2006: 136 pages2006: 142 pages2006: 136 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 162 pages2006: 138 pages2006: 140 pages2006: 204 pages2007: 120 pages2007: 120 pages2007: 114 pages2007: 124 pages2008: 129 pages2008: 87 pages2008: 127 pages2008: 71 pages2008: 192 pages2009: 174 pages2015: 98 pages2019: 160 pages2020: 208 pages2020: 137 pages2020: 130 pages2020: 176 pagesmedian 139
100200300197520001951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 153 pages1951: 122 pages1951: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 122 pages1957: 153 pages1957: 122 pages1958: 130 pages1964: 153 pages1971: 152 pages1971: 152 pages1983: 152 pages1992: 122 pages1998: 175 pages1999: 132 pages1999: 81 pages2000: 119 pages2002: 159 pages2002: 176 pages2004: 96 pages2005: 192 pages2005: 280 pages2005: 156 pages2005: 156 pages2005: 116 pages2005: 129 pages2005: 92 pages2006: 154 pages2006: 136 pages2006: 142 pages2006: 136 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 162 pages2006: 138 pages2006: 140 pages2006: 204 pages2007: 120 pages2007: 120 pages2007: 114 pages2007: 124 pages2008: 129 pages2008: 87 pages2008: 127 pages2008: 71 pages2008: 192 pages2009: 174 pages2015: 98 pages2019: 160 pages2020: 208 pages2020: 137 pages2020: 130 pages2020: 176 pagesmedian 139
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover15252 h 41 min
Paperback140172 h 28 min
Mass market19223 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 58 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 206 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Pan Macmillan–208OL29477408M
2020Independently Published–137OL29945445M
2020Independent Publishing Aggregators–130OL30312382M
2020Owen Limited, Peter–176OL30175430M
2019Arcturus Publishing–160OL28924995M
2015Digireads.com Publishing–98OL39812327M
2009New Directions–174OL23988493M
2008Modern Library–129OL18285358M

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Questions

How many pages is Siddhartha?
About 139 pages: that is the median of 58 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 71 to 280 pages.
How long does it take to read Siddhartha?
About 2 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Siddhartha?
Roughly 38,000 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)).