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How many pages is That Hideous Strength?

That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis has a median of 382 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 382 to 459 pages.

Median pages
382
23 editions counted
Range
251–475
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
105k
at 275 words per page
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How long will That Hideous Strength take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3004005001960198020001945: 475 pages1945: 475 pages1946: 459 pages1947: 459 pages1955: 251 pages1955: 251 pages1960: 475 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 475 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 251 pages1969: 475 pages1975: 382 pages1983: 382 pages1987: 384 pages1990: 382 pages1996: 382 pages1996: 380 pages2003: 384 pagesmedian 382
3004005001960198020001945: 475 pages1945: 475 pages1946: 459 pages1947: 459 pages1955: 251 pages1955: 251 pages1960: 475 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 382 pages1965: 475 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 382 pages1968: 251 pages1969: 475 pages1975: 382 pages1983: 382 pages1987: 384 pages1990: 382 pages1996: 382 pages1996: 380 pages2003: 384 pagesmedian 382
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2003ScribnerPaperback384OL7927774M
1996Scribner Paperback Fiction–382OL973496M
1996Scribner Classics–380OL983047M
1990Macmillan–382OL2194920M
1987Scribner Paper Fiction–384OL7265330M
1983Pan–382OL14992927M
1975Macmillan Co.–382OL16648845M
1969Bodley Head–475OL21071619M

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Questions

How many pages is That Hideous Strength?
About 382 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 251 to 475 pages.
How long does it take to read That Hideous Strength?
About 6 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is That Hideous Strength?
Roughly 105,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).