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How many pages is Slouching Towards Bethlehem?

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion has a median of 238 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 238 pages.

Median pages
238
17 editions counted
Range
191–354
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
65k
at 275 words per page

How long will Slouching Towards Bethlehem 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
4 h 35 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.

200300197019801990200020101967: 258 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1969: 238 pages1979: 238 pages1979: 238 pages1981: 236 pages1983: 238 pages1985: 191 pages1990: 238 pages1990: 237 pages1993: 238 pages2000: 218 pages2017: 256 pages2017: 354 pagesmedian 238
200300198020001967: 258 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1968: 238 pages1969: 238 pages1979: 238 pages1979: 238 pages1981: 236 pages1983: 238 pages1985: 191 pages1990: 238 pages1990: 237 pages1993: 238 pages2000: 218 pages2017: 256 pages2017: 354 pagesmedian 238
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017HarperCollins Publishers Australia–256OL30596596M
2017––354OL26933641M
2000Modern Library–218OL50580M
1993Flamingo–238OL18209211M
1990Farrar, Straus and Giroux–238OL7424230M
1990Noonday Press–237OL18319446M
1985Penguin–191OL26341521M
1983PocketPaperback238OL7648838M

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Questions

How many pages is Slouching Towards Bethlehem?
About 238 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 191 to 354 pages.
How long does it take to read Slouching Towards Bethlehem?
About 4 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Slouching Towards Bethlehem?
Roughly 65,000 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)).