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How many pages is Snow Crash?

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson has a median of 448 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 440 to 468 pages.

Median pages
448
9 editions counted
Range
214–470
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
123k
at 275 words per page

How long will Snow Crash 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
7 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2003004005001995200020051992: 440 pages1993: 448 pages1993: 440 pages1993: 470 pages2000: 440 pages2001: 468 pages2003: 214 pages2007: 451 pages2008: 470 pagesmedian 448
20030040050020001992: 440 pages1993: 448 pages1993: 440 pages1993: 470 pages2000: 440 pages2001: 468 pages2003: 214 pages2007: 451 pages2008: 470 pagesmedian 448
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Bantam Books–470OL23230597M
2007SFBCHardcover451OL7917202M
2003Random House Publishing Group–214OL34497032M
2001Tandem Library–468OL7599585M
2000Bantam Books–440OL18141225M
1993Penguin–448OL21253721M
1993Penguin (ROC imprint)Paperback440OL20174508M
1993Bantam Books–470OL14813122M

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Questions

How many pages is Snow Crash?
About 448 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 214 to 470 pages.
How long does it take to read Snow Crash?
About 7 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is Snow Crash?
Roughly 123,000 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)).