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Book · by 村上春樹 · first published 2001

How many pages is Sputnik Sweetheart?

Sputnik Sweetheart by 村上春樹 has a median of 224 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 214 to 228 pages.

Median pages
224
6 editions counted
Range
210–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Sputnik Sweetheart 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 57 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.

2202401999200020012002200320042001: 229 pages2001: 210 pages2001: 224 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 224 pages2002: 210 pagesmedian 224
2202402000200220042001: 229 pages2001: 210 pages2001: 224 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 224 pages2002: 210 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 20 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2002VintagePaperback240OL9272821M
2002Vintage–224OL7426986M
2002Vintage International–210OL22375873M
2001Alfred A KnopfPaperback229OL8626301M
2001Alfred A Knopf–210OL17014186M
2001Knopf–224OL7425229M

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Questions

How many pages is Sputnik Sweetheart?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 210 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Sputnik Sweetheart?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Sputnik Sweetheart?
Roughly 62,000 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)).