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Book · by Gabriel García Márquez · first published 1997

How many pages is Strange Pilgrims?

Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez has a median of 188 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 188 pages.

Median pages
188
8 editions counted
Range
188–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
52k
at 275 words per page

How long will Strange Pilgrims 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 19 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.

1902002101995200020051993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1994: 188 pages1994: 188 pages1994: 208 pages2006: 188 pagesmedian 188
1902002101995200020051993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1993: 188 pages1994: 188 pages1994: 188 pages1994: 208 pages2006: 188 pagesmedian 188
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 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 63 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Vintage Books–188OL17208617M
1994Penguin–188OL18359742M
1994Penguin–188OL17028729M
1994Penguin (Non-Classics)–208OL7350984M
1993Knopf–188OL1404142M
1993Jonathan Cape (Random House)Hardcover188OL24392334M
1993Jonathan Cape–188OL16596969M
1993A.A. Knopf–188OL22472215M

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Questions

How many pages is Strange Pilgrims?
About 188 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 188 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Strange Pilgrims?
About 3 h 19 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Strange Pilgrims?
Roughly 52,000 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)).