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How many pages is Talking to Strangers?

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell has a median of 386 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 320 to 400 pages.

Median pages
386
5 editions counted
Range
320–406
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will Talking to Strangers 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
7 h 26 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.

3504002017201820192020202120222019: 320 pages2019: 406 pages2019: 320 pages2019: 386 pages2020: 400 pagesmedian 386
3504002018202020222019: 320 pages2019: 406 pages2019: 320 pages2019: 386 pages2020: 400 pagesmedian 386
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Books, Limited–400OL29463457M
2019Penguin Books, Limited–320OL28724289M
2019Penguin Random House–406OL59067940M
2019Penguin Books, Limited–320OL28722508M
2019Little, Brown and CompanyHardcover386OL27306938M

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Questions

How many pages is Talking to Strangers?
About 386 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 406 pages.
How long does it take to read Talking to Strangers?
About 7 h 26 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is Talking to Strangers?
Roughly 106,000 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)).