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How many pages is Still Life with Woodpecker?

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins has a median of 277 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 277 pages.

Median pages
277
8 editions counted
Range
264–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will Still Life with Woodpecker 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 53 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.

2602801980198219841986198819901980: 277 pages1980: 277 pages1981: 264 pages1981: 277 pages1984: 277 pages1984: 277 pages1990: 277 pages1990: 288 pagesmedian 277
2602801980198519901980: 277 pages1980: 277 pages1981: 264 pages1981: 277 pages1984: 277 pages1984: 277 pages1990: 277 pages1990: 288 pagesmedian 277
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1990Bantam Books–277OL24459332M
1990BantamPaperback288OL7825994M
1984Bantam BooksMass Market Paperback277OL27941138M
1984BantamMass Market Paperback277OL7823767M
1981Corgi–264OL15061532M
1981Bantam–277OL20047373M
1980Bantam Books–277OL17763066M
1980Sidgwick & Jackson–277OL14985612M

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Questions

How many pages is Still Life with Woodpecker?
About 277 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 264 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read Still Life with Woodpecker?
About 4 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Still Life with Woodpecker?
Roughly 76,000 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)).