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How many pages is Survival in Auschwitz?

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi has a median of 159 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 155 to 206 pages.

Median pages
159
31 editions counted
Range
116–262
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
44k
at 275 words per page

How long will Survival in Auschwitz 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
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.

10015020025019601980200020201959: 205 pages1959: 222 pages1960: 206 pages1960: 206 pages1961: 160 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1966: 206 pages1969: 157 pages1971: 157 pages1986: 159 pages1993: 187 pages1995: 192 pages1996: 187 pages2000: 234 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 234 pages2007: 160 pages2007: 187 pages2007: 156 pages2012: 154 pages2012: 154 pages2012: 116 pages2012: 128 pages2013: 212 pages2013: 130 pages2013: 116 pages2013: 116 pages2021: 136 pagesmedian 159
100150200250197520001959: 205 pages1959: 222 pages1960: 206 pages1960: 206 pages1961: 160 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1961: 157 pages1966: 206 pages1969: 157 pages1971: 157 pages1986: 159 pages1993: 187 pages1995: 192 pages1996: 187 pages2000: 234 pages2000: 262 pages2000: 234 pages2007: 160 pages2007: 187 pages2007: 156 pages2012: 154 pages2012: 154 pages2012: 116 pages2012: 128 pages2013: 212 pages2013: 130 pages2013: 116 pages2013: 116 pages2021: 136 pagesmedian 159
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover18733 h 36 min
Paperback16023 h 05 min

Editions counted

The 31 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 112 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Rehak, David–136OL39187648M
2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–212OL25437300M
2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–130OL54252198M
2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–116OL55061990M
2013CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–116OL54521696M
2012CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–154OL54177587M
2012CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–154OL54312586M
2012CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–116OL54516244M

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Questions

How many pages is Survival in Auschwitz?
About 159 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 116 to 262 pages.
How long does it take to read Survival in Auschwitz?
About 3 h 04 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Survival in Auschwitz?
Roughly 44,000 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)).