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How many pages is Starship Troopers?

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein has a median of 222 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 269 pages.

Median pages
222
16 editions counted
Range
204–362
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
61k
at 275 words per page

How long will Starship Troopers 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 55 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.

2003001960198020001959: 309 pages1959: 208 pages1959: 208 pages1963: 208 pages1967: 224 pages1968: 208 pages1975: 223 pages1979: 222 pages1984: 208 pages1987: 208 pages1997: 222 pages1997: 204 pages1998: 362 pages2005: 263 pages2006: 288 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 222
2003001960198020001959: 309 pages1959: 208 pages1959: 208 pages1963: 208 pages1967: 224 pages1968: 208 pages1975: 223 pages1979: 222 pages1984: 208 pages1987: 208 pages1997: 222 pages1997: 204 pages1998: 362 pages2005: 263 pages2006: 288 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 222
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
2015Hodder & Stoughton–320OL34513039M
2006Ace Books–288OL7524335M
2005Ace Books–263OL22162915M
1998G.K. Hall–362OL346715M
1997New English Library–222OL22641018M
1997Ace Books–204OL18507497M
1987Ace BooksMass Market Paperback208OL7526768M
1984Berkley–208OL7501952M

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Questions

How many pages is Starship Troopers?
About 222 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 362 pages.
How long does it take to read Starship Troopers?
About 3 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Starship Troopers?
Roughly 61,000 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)).