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Book · by Stephen R. Covey · first published 2001

How many pages is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey has a median of 384 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 368 to 432 pages.

Median pages
384
14 editions counted
Range
358–572
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 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 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 24 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.

40050060019902000201020201989: 368 pages1989: 372 pages1989: 358 pages1990: 358 pages1997: 572 pages2003: 360 pages2004: 384 pages2004: 432 pages2004: 370 pages2011: 384 pages2013: 391 pages2020: 464 pages2020: 464 pages2020: 432 pagesmedian 384
400500600200020201989: 368 pages1989: 372 pages1989: 358 pages1990: 358 pages1997: 572 pages2003: 360 pages2004: 384 pages2004: 432 pages2004: 370 pages2011: 384 pages2013: 391 pages2020: 464 pages2020: 464 pages2020: 432 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were 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 78 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Simon & Schuster–464OL29828085M
2020Simon & Schuster, Limited–464OL30163722M
2020Simon & Schuster, Incorporated–432OL28896586M
2013Simon & Schuster–391OL62560078M
2011Simon & Schuster, Limited–384OL28431902M
2004Free Press–384OL22144465M
2004Simon & Schuster–432OL25679861M
2004Free Press–370OL3309247M

Questions

How many pages is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 358 to 572 pages.
How long does it take to read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?
About 7 h 24 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?
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)).