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How many pages is Sula?

Sula by Toni Morrison has a median of 174 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 174 to 192 pages.

Median pages
174
20 editions counted
Range
154–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page

How long will Sula take you?

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Reading time
3 h 04 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.

150200250198019902000201020201973: 174 pages1974: 174 pages1974: 174 pages1980: 174 pages1982: 154 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1987: 174 pages1991: 174 pages1993: 174 pages1994: 240 pages1998: 174 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 192 pages2004: 174 pages2014: 208 pages2021: 208 pagesmedian 174
1502002501980200020201973: 174 pages1974: 174 pages1974: 174 pages1980: 174 pages1982: 154 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 174 pages1987: 174 pages1991: 174 pages1993: 174 pages1994: 240 pages1998: 174 pages2002: 192 pages2002: 240 pages2002: 192 pages2004: 174 pages2014: 208 pages2021: 208 pagesmedian 174
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Penguin Random House–208OL29487789M
2014Penguin Random House–208OL33505492M
2004Vintage International–174OL3382093M
2002Plume–192OL7590989M
2002Thorndike Press–240OL3561565M
2002Knopf–192OL7425317M
1998Vintage–174OL23133392M
1994William A. Thomas Braille BookstoreHardcover240OL12194342M

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Questions

How many pages is Sula?
About 174 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 154 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Sula?
About 3 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Sula?
Roughly 48,000 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)).