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How many pages is Stranger in a Strange Land?

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein has a median of 418 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 409 to 491 pages.

Median pages
418
22 editions counted
Range
400–655
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
115k
at 275 words per page

How long will Stranger in a Strange Land take you?

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Reading time
7 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

400500600198020001961: 491 pages1961: 408 pages1961: 418 pages1968: 414 pages1968: 413 pages1969: 414 pages1970: 418 pages1972: 408 pages1973: 400 pages1975: 400 pages1977: 400 pages1978: 400 pages1979: 413 pages1983: 438 pages1987: 438 pages1987: 438 pages1991: 655 pages1991: 525 pages1991: 491 pages1991: 528 pages2016: 498 pages2018: 608 pagesmedian 418
400500600198020001961: 491 pages1961: 408 pages1961: 418 pages1968: 414 pages1968: 413 pages1969: 414 pages1970: 418 pages1972: 408 pages1973: 400 pages1975: 400 pages1977: 400 pages1978: 400 pages1979: 413 pages1983: 438 pages1987: 438 pages1987: 438 pages1991: 655 pages1991: 525 pages1991: 491 pages1991: 528 pages2016: 498 pages2018: 608 pagesmedian 418
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 80 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Acepaperback608OL27365143M
2016Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC–498OL27219681M
1991New English Library–655OL22627052M
1991G. P. Putnam's Sons–525OL51726136M
1991G. P. Putnam's Sons–491OL18708535M
1991Ace Books–528OL26843270M
1987Ace Books–438OL7526810M
1987Ace Books–438OL23268368M

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Questions

How many pages is Stranger in a Strange Land?
About 418 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 655 pages.
How long does it take to read Stranger in a Strange Land?
About 7 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Stranger in a Strange Land?
Roughly 115,000 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)).