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How many pages is The Best of Me?

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks has a median of 328 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 320 to 372 pages.

Median pages
328
8 editions counted
Range
292–512
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
90k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Best of Me 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
5 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300400500201220142016201820202011: 320 pages2011: 292 pages2011: 512 pages2012: 320 pages2013: 368 pages2014: 384 pages2014: 336 pages2020: 320 pagesmedian 328
300400500201520202011: 320 pages2011: 292 pages2011: 512 pages2012: 320 pages2013: 368 pages2014: 384 pages2014: 336 pages2020: 320 pagesmedian 328
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Grand Central Publishing–320OL29814064M
2014Grand Central Publishing–384OL28797267M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–336OL33432974M
2013Grand Central Publishing–368OL28767215M
2012Grand Central Publishing–320OL28774376M
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–320OL33415985M
2011Grand Central PublishingHardcover292OL24645245M
2011Grand Central Publishing–512OL28751436M

More by Nicholas Sparks

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Questions

How many pages is The Best of Me?
About 328 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 292 to 512 pages.
How long does it take to read The Best of Me?
About 5 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Best of Me?
Roughly 90,000 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)).