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How many pages is Song of Solomon?

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison has a median of 341 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 337 to 359 pages.

Median pages
341
16 editions counted
Range
336–490
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
94k
at 275 words per page

How long will Song of Solomon 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
6 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500198019902000201020201977: 358 pages1977: 337 pages1977: 341 pages1978: 341 pages1980: 336 pages1987: 337 pages1989: 337 pages1993: 337 pages1994: 490 pages1995: 362 pages1995: 362 pages1996: 337 pages2004: 337 pages2004: 354 pages2014: 352 pages2021: 448 pagesmedian 341
4005001980200020201977: 358 pages1977: 337 pages1977: 341 pages1978: 341 pages1980: 336 pages1987: 337 pages1989: 337 pages1993: 337 pages1994: 490 pages1995: 362 pages1995: 362 pages1996: 337 pages2004: 337 pages2004: 354 pages2014: 352 pages2021: 448 pagesmedian 341
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 63 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Penguin Random House–448OL29487791M
2014Penguin Random House–352OL34507115M
2004Vintage International–337OL3382091M
2004Vintage International–354OL58890017M
1996Knopf–337OL24956358M
1995Everyman–362OL28426436M
1995Knopf–362OL1026408M
1994Contemporary Large Print–490OL22930496M

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Questions

How many pages is Song of Solomon?
About 341 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 336 to 490 pages.
How long does it take to read Song of Solomon?
About 6 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Song of Solomon?
Roughly 94,000 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)).