Book · by Michael Crichton
How many pages is The Andromeda Strain?
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton has a median of 294 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 291 to 302 pages.
How long will The Andromeda Strain take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 295 | 3 | 5 h 12 min |
| Paperback | 288 | 3 | 5 h 05 min |
| Mass market | 294 | 10 | 5 h 11 min |
Editions counted
The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 69 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 295 | OL26824947M |
| 2003 | Avon Books | Mass Market Paperback | 368 | OL9232969M |
| 2002 | B Ediciones S.A. | Mass Market Paperback | 354 | OL9131275M |
| 1997 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | 288 | OL9630286M |
| 1997 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 608 | OL11237002M |
| 1994 | Eagle Large Print | – | 310 | OL1422877M |
| 1993 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 286 | OL24942500M |
| 1993 | Arrow Bks. | – | 295 | OL18387191M |
| 1993 | Century | – | 295 | OL18072261M |
| 1989 | Firecrest | – | 304 | OL17281134M |
| 1988 | Pan | – | 294 | OL16805848M |
| 1987 | Dell | Mass Market Paperback | 291 | OL24200180M |
| 1980 | Triad/Panther | Paperback | 252 | OL15081830M |
| 1978 | Dell | – | 291 | OL18194643M |
| 1971 | Dell | mass market paperback | 294 | OL35712947M |
| 1971 | Dell | mass market paperback | 294 | OL43513923M |
| 1971 | Dell | Mass Market Paperback | 294 | OL39479387M |
| 1970 | Dell | mass market paperback | 294 | OL40282207M |
| 1970 | Dell Publishing | – | 291 | OL15470361M |
| 1970 | Dell | Mass Market Paperback | 291 | OL20276979M |
| 1970 | Dell | Mass Market Paperback | 289 | OL27338983M |
| 1970 | Corgi | – | 252 | OL15060317M |
| 1969 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 295 | OL21324321M |
| 1969 | Cape, Jonathan | – | 304 | OL7414936M |
| 1969 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 295 | OL5683229M |
| 1969 | Dell Publishing Co., Inc. | – | 306 | OL58558452M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Andromeda Strain?
- About 294 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 252 to 608 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Andromeda Strain?
- About 5 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is The Andromeda Strain?
- Roughly 81,000 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)).