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How many pages is Skeleton Crew?

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King has a median of 574 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 512 to 679 pages.

Median pages
574
16 editions counted
Range
300–784
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
158k
at 275 words per page

How long will Skeleton Crew take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
11 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
23 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006008001990200020101985: 545 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 700 pages1986: 574 pages1986: 393 pages1986: 612 pages1999: 573 pages2004: 573 pages2007: 784 pages2010: 300 pages2012: 784 pages2016: 672 pages2016: 576 pages2017: 784 pagesmedian 573
40060080020001985: 545 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 512 pages1985: 700 pages1986: 574 pages1986: 393 pages1986: 612 pages1999: 573 pages2004: 573 pages2007: 784 pages2010: 300 pages2012: 784 pages2016: 672 pages2016: 576 pages2017: 784 pagesmedian 573
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
Hardcover573311 h 02 min
Paperback642212 h 22 min
Mass market574311 h 03 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 73 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Pocket Booksmass market paperback784OL27403241M
2016Scribnerpaperback672OL28373650M
2016Scribner–576OL34017817M
2012Hodder & Stoughton–784OL28471846M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53245948M
2007Hodder & Stoughton–784OL34418990M
2004SignetMass Market Paperback573OL24765716M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding573OL7973839M

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Questions

How many pages is Skeleton Crew?
About 574 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 784 pages.
How long does it take to read Skeleton Crew?
About 11 h 03 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 23 days.
How many words is Skeleton Crew?
Roughly 158,000 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)).