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Book · by Stanisław Lem · first published 2002

How many pages is Solaris?

Solaris by Stanisław Lem has a median of 220 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 216 to 223 pages.

Median pages
220
14 editions counted
Range
203–224
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Solaris 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
3 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20021022023019701980199020001970: 223 pages1970: 216 pages1970: 216 pages1971: 221 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1973: 203 pages1973: 216 pages1987: 204 pages1987: 204 pages1996: 224 pages2001: 218 pagesmedian 219
200210220230198020001970: 223 pages1970: 216 pages1970: 216 pages1971: 221 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1971: 223 pages1973: 203 pages1973: 216 pages1987: 204 pages1987: 204 pages1996: 224 pages2001: 218 pagesmedian 219
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 86 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2001Faber & Faberpaperback218OL28179710M
1996Faber & FaberHardcover224OL7856526M
1987Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–204OL2737434M
1987Harcourt Brace & Company–204OL22552195M
1973Arrow Books–203OL22609317M
1973Science Fiction Book Club–216OL13715448M
1971Faber and Faber–221OL27029331M
1971Berkley Pub. Corp.–223OL16407312M

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Questions

How many pages is Solaris?
About 220 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 203 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read Solaris?
About 3 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Solaris?
Roughly 60,000 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)).