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Book · by Julia Cameron · first published 2003

How many pages is The Artist's Way?

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron has a median of 240 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 223 to 256 pages.

Median pages
240
13 editions counted
Range
222–273
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Artist's Way 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
4 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2202402602802000201020201992: 222 pages1994: 223 pages1995: 223 pages1995: 232 pages1996: 222 pages1998: 273 pages2002: 237 pages2002: 256 pages2003: 248 pages2012: 240 pages2016: 245 pages2020: 272 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 240
2202402602802000201020201992: 222 pages1994: 223 pages1995: 223 pages1995: 232 pages1996: 222 pages1998: 273 pages2002: 237 pages2002: 256 pages2003: 248 pages2012: 240 pages2016: 245 pages2020: 272 pages2020: 272 pagesmedian 240
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Souvenir Press Limited–272OL29453462M
2020Souvenir Press Limited–272OL29440228M
2016Io–245OL26933090M
2012TBS/GBS/Transworld–240OL29150002M
2003KuraldışıUnknown Binding248OL13159993M
2002J.P. Tarcher/Putnam–237OL3581913M
2002TarcherHardcover256OL8816364M
1998Jeremy P Tarcher–273OL16217744M

Questions

How many pages is The Artist's Way?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 222 to 273 pages.
How long does it take to read The Artist's Way?
About 4 h 37 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Artist's Way?
Roughly 66,000 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)).