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How many pages is The Boys from Brazil?

The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin has a median of 280 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 268 to 288 pages.

Median pages
280
21 editions counted
Range
209–456
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
77k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Boys from Brazil 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
4 h 56 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.

20030040019801990200020101976: 280 pages1976: 254 pages1976: 294 pages1976: 456 pages1976: 213 pages1976: 280 pages1976: 312 pages1976: 209 pages1976: 280 pages1977: 238 pages1977: 357 pages1977: 456 pages1977: 268 pages1992: 254 pages2010: 280 pages2010: 288 pages2011: 288 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 272 pagesmedian 280
200300400198020001976: 280 pages1976: 254 pages1976: 294 pages1976: 456 pages1976: 213 pages1976: 280 pages1976: 312 pages1976: 209 pages1976: 280 pages1977: 238 pages1977: 357 pages1977: 456 pages1977: 268 pages1992: 254 pages2010: 280 pages2010: 288 pages2011: 288 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 286 pages2011: 272 pagesmedian 280
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
Hardcover29455 h 11 min
Mass market26124 h 36 min

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Corsairpaperback288OL31438301M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–286OL52589194M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–286OL52590004M
2011Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–286OL52592548M
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–272OL33396699M
2010Pegasus Books–280OL26155363M
2010Pegasus Books–288OL34010169M
1992SignetMass Market Paperback254OL17270704M

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Questions

How many pages is The Boys from Brazil?
About 280 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 209 to 456 pages.
How long does it take to read The Boys from Brazil?
About 4 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Boys from Brazil?
Roughly 77,000 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)).