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How many pages is Something Wicked This Way Comes?

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury has a median of 282 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 222 to 308 pages.

Median pages
282
16 editions counted
Range
215–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
78k
at 275 words per page

How long will Something Wicked This Way Comes 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
4 h 59 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.

2002503003501980200020201962: 317 pages1963: 253 pages1963: 215 pages1965: 215 pages1982: 215 pages1983: 215 pages1988: 317 pages1990: 224 pages1991: 307 pages1998: 293 pages1998: 293 pages1999: 293 pages2000: 312 pages2008: 272 pages2017: 352 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 282
2002503003501980200020201962: 317 pages1963: 253 pages1963: 215 pages1965: 215 pages1982: 215 pages1983: 215 pages1988: 317 pages1990: 224 pages1991: 307 pages1998: 293 pages1998: 293 pages1999: 293 pages2000: 312 pages2008: 272 pages2017: 352 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 282
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
Hardcover28024 h 56 min
Paperback29335 h 10 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 60 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Orion Publishing Group, Limited–272OL29470658M
2017Simon and Schuster Paperbackspaperback352OL27403450M
2008Gollanczpaperback272OL28255586M
2000Center Point Pub.–312OL50304M
1999Avon Books–293OL61262M
1998Avon Books–293OL24516974M
1998Avon BooksPaperback293OL24400942M
1991Alfred A. KnopfHardcover307OL49342238M

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Questions

How many pages is Something Wicked This Way Comes?
About 282 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 215 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Something Wicked This Way Comes?
About 4 h 59 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Something Wicked This Way Comes?
Roughly 78,000 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)).