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How many pages is Steppenwolf?

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse has a median of 244 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 219 to 248 pages.

Median pages
244
24 editions counted
Range
181–309
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
67k
at 275 words per page

How long will Steppenwolf take you?

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Reading time
4 h 19 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

200250300196019701980199020001957: 309 pages1957: 218 pages1961: 243 pages1961: 242 pages1961: 243 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 218 pages1963: 246 pages1964: 218 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1974: 253 pages1974: 237 pages1977: 248 pages1977: 181 pages1990: 218 pages1995: 219 pages1995: 218 pages1998: 285 pages2001: 256 pages2002: 224 pagesmedian 244
2002503001960198020001957: 309 pages1957: 218 pages1961: 243 pages1961: 242 pages1961: 243 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 218 pages1963: 246 pages1964: 218 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1969: 248 pages1974: 253 pages1974: 237 pages1977: 248 pages1977: 181 pages1990: 218 pages1995: 219 pages1995: 218 pages1998: 285 pages2001: 256 pages2002: 224 pagesmedian 244
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 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 239 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2002PicadorPaperback224OL9584750M
2001Penguin Books Ltd–256OL7358928M
1998G.K. Hall–285OL685707M
1995Quality Paperback Book Club–219OL44735787M
1995Quality Paperback Book Club–218OL22855654M
1990Owl BooksPaperback218OL7931566M
1977Bantam Books–248OL17796541M
1977Limited Editions Club–181OL4605933M

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Questions

How many pages is Steppenwolf?
About 244 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 181 to 309 pages.
How long does it take to read Steppenwolf?
About 4 h 19 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Steppenwolf?
Roughly 67,000 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)).