Book · by Markus Zusak
How many pages is The Book Thief?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has a median of 568 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 554 to 594 pages.
How long will The Book Thief 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 | 552 | 5 | 9 h 44 min |
| Paperback | 565 | 6 | 9 h 58 min |
Editions counted
The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 109 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited | – | 600 | OL28723061M |
| 2016 | Random House | hardcover | 552 | OL38586194M |
| 2016 | Black Swan | Paperback | 569 | OL26437876M |
| 2013 | Alfred A. Knopf | Paperback | 564 | OL32840838M |
| 2013 | Black Swan | Paperback | 554 | OL25438349M |
| 2013 | Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited | – | 600 | OL28519918M |
| 2013 | Alfred A. Knopf | – | 552 | OL30426666M |
| 2013 | Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited | – | 600 | OL28519920M |
| 2012 | Definitions | Paperback | 584 | OL28373071M |
| 2007 | Alfred A. Knopf | Paperback | 566 | OL25440955M |
| 2007 | Black Swan | Paperback | 554 | OL26437492M |
| 2007 | Doubleday | Hardcover | 592 | OL7441552M |
| 2006 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 552 | OL25651484M |
| 2006 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | 757 | OL16514196M |
| 2006 | Alfred A. Knopf | Library Binding | 551 | OL26437481M |
| 2005 | Picador | – | 584 | OL16525597M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Book Thief?
- About 568 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 551 to 757 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Book Thief?
- About 10 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 21 days.
- How many words is The Book Thief?
- Roughly 156,000 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)).