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How many pages is The Bachman Books?

The Bachman Books by Stephen King has a median of 880 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 692 to 944 pages.

Median pages
880
11 editions counted
Range
692–992
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
16h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
242k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Bachman Books 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
15 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
32 days
At 1 hour a day
16 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

7008009001,0001990200020101985: 692 pages1985: 692 pages1986: 923 pages1986: 944 pages1986: 692 pages1987: 880 pages1993: 710 pages1996: 944 pages1996: 692 pages2007: 992 pages2012: 978 pagesmedian 880
7008009001,0001990200020101985: 692 pages1985: 692 pages1986: 923 pages1986: 944 pages1986: 692 pages1987: 880 pages1993: 710 pages1996: 944 pages1996: 692 pages2007: 992 pages2012: 978 pagesmedian 880
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Paperback929216 h 23 min
Mass market944316 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Hodderpaperback978OL32943184M
2007Hodder & Stoughton–992OL53244577M
1996SignetMass Market Paperback944OL7573946M
1996Plume–692OL721605M
1993BCA–710OL53298099M
1987New English Librarypaperback880OL7569427M
1986New American Library–923OL16731558M
1986New American Librarymass market paperback944OL7572129M

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Questions

How many pages is The Bachman Books?
About 880 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 692 to 992 pages.
How long does it take to read The Bachman Books?
About 15 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 32 days.
How many words is The Bachman Books?
Roughly 242,000 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)).