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Book · by C. S. Lewis · first published 1998

How many pages is Surprised by Joy?

Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis has a median of 238 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 230 to 258 pages.

Median pages
238
18 editions counted
Range
190–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
65k
at 275 words per page

How long will Surprised by Joy take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 35 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.

20030019601980200020201955: 238 pages1955: 224 pages1955: 238 pages1956: 238 pages1956: 260 pages1959: 190 pages1960: 190 pages1965: 238 pages1966: 252 pages1966: 240 pages1984: 238 pages1986: 352 pages1995: 230 pages1998: 288 pages2002: 229 pages2010: 288 pages2011: 332 pages2020: 230 pagesmedian 238
200300197520001955: 238 pages1955: 224 pages1955: 238 pages1956: 238 pages1956: 260 pages1959: 190 pages1960: 190 pages1965: 238 pages1966: 252 pages1966: 240 pages1984: 238 pages1986: 352 pages1995: 230 pages1998: 288 pages2002: 229 pages2010: 288 pages2011: 332 pages2020: 230 pagesmedian 238
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–230OL30200312M
2011Houghton Mifflin Harcourt–332OL25185877M
2010HarperCollins Publishers Limited–288OL34454231M
2002Barnes & Noble BooksUnknown Binding229OL8013349M
1998Fount/harpercollins–288OL7258476M
1995Harcourt Brace–230OL534823M
1986Phoenix Press–352OL2539375M
1984Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–238OL23749773M

More by C. S. Lewis

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Questions

How many pages is Surprised by Joy?
About 238 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 190 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Surprised by Joy?
About 4 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Surprised by Joy?
Roughly 65,000 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)).