Book · by Fiódor Dostoievski
How many pages is The brothers Karamazov?
The brothers Karamazov by Fiódor Dostoievski has a median of 822 pages across 143 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 605 to 902 pages.
Median pages
822
143 editions counted
Range
377–1,104
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
226k
at 275 words per page
How long will The brothers Karamazov take you?
Reading time
14 h 29 min
At 30 min a day
29 days
At 1 hour a day
15 days
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 | 838 | 17 | 14 h 46 min |
| Paperback | 846 | 10 | 14 h 55 min |
| Mass market | 936 | 5 | 16 h 30 min |
Editions counted
The 143 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 9 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 393 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pan Macmillan | – | 880 | OL60828048M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 534 | OL30073104M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 718 | OL29998326M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30229587M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 659 | OL29906604M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 630 | OL29883027M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 530 | OL56457142M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 562 | OL56718252M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 530 | OL56763469M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 530 | OL54930738M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 446 | OL56428506M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 446 | OL56589176M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 630 | OL56586130M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 686 | OL56681152M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 466 | OL56586436M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,104 | OL29778993M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,104 | OL29780105M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,104 | OL29710959M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 452 | OL55295777M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,104 | OL29779048M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 478 | OL54958620M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 550 | OL54266043M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 550 | OL54128581M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 736 | OL54299574M |
| 2012 | Andrews UK Ltd. | – | 992 | OL53920712M |
| 2011 | Mission Books/eChristian, Inc. | – | 411 | OL31147064M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 704 | OL54233430M |
| 2011 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 848 | OL28443038M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 666 | OL54294968M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 606 | OL54071206M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,012 | OL23159831M |
| 2007 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 896 | OL12562030M |
| 2007 | Signet Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 908 | OL25995833M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 752 | OL8870338M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble | Paperback | 720 | OL8870145M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 640 | OL11316227M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | Hardcover | 735 | OL8014246M |
| 2002 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 824 | OL30521039M |
| 2002 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Paperback | 796 | OL3559826M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 735 | OL34928M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 1,050 | OL7384105M |
| 1997 | Everyman's Library Ltd | Hardcover | 848 | OL8998454M |
| 1996 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 912 | OL22179123M |
| 1995 | Dorset Press | Paperback | 729 | OL8667987M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 1,056 | OL7383840M |
| 1993 | Penguin classics | Paperback | 1,013 | OL53209357M |
| 1993 | Penguin | – | 920 | OL1043364M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 796 | OL1567603M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 848 | OL7698579M |
| 1991 | Vintage Books | – | 796 | OL1566145M |
| 1990 | Quartet Books | – | 796 | OL20942663M |
| 1990 | North Point Press | Hardcover | 832 | OL8317197M |
| 1990 | Quartet | – | 796 | OL22494940M |
| 1990 | North Point Press | – | 796 | OL2204648M |
| 1986 | William Benton (Encyclopædia Britannica) | Hardcover | 412 | OL28031201M |
| 1982 | Penguin Books | – | 913 | OL18362037M |
| 1982 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 939 | OL7355252M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 960 | OL7820283M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 1,072 | OL7820389M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | – | 936 | OL22594036M |
| 1980 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 936 | OL46541721M |
| 1980 | Modern library | – | 822 | OL52795541M |
| 1980 | Progress | – | 680 | OL15168582M |
| 1979 | Easton Press | – | 604 | OL16089193M |
| 1977 | Franklin Library | – | 923 | OL4757034M |
| 1976 | Norton | – | 887 | OL5210072M |
| 1974 | Heinemann | – | 821 | OL7507161M |
| 1973 | New American Library | – | 701 | OL22450936M |
| 1973 | [Random House | – | 822 | OL5114752M |
| 1970 | Modern Library | – | 822 | OL19428552M |
| 1970 | International Collectors Library | – | 729 | OL44650405M |
| 1964 | Penguin Books | – | 913 | OL22189647M |
| 1964 | Folio Society | – | 845 | OL22479737M |
| 1963 | Dell | – | 511 | OL22209430M |
| 1960 | Harper | – | 877 | OL5794740M |
| 1960 | New American Library | Paperback | 701 | OL26875844M |
| 1960 | Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL5793354M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 546 | OL58922176M |
| 1957 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 877 | OL28370206M |
| 1957 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 877 | OL17872631M |
| 1957 | the new american library | – | 706 | OL58687100M |
| 1956 | Dell Publishing Co., Inc. | – | 514 | OL58610541M |
| 1955 | Vintage Books | – | 940 | OL32082578M |
| 1955 | Macmillan | – | 821 | OL14646716M |
| 1955 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | Hardcover | 412 | OL20206323M |
| 1955 | Encyclopædia Britannica | – | 412 | OL6178261M |
| 1953 | Literary Guild of America | – | 483 | OL6142488M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 412 | OL22231224M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 412 | OL13652638M |
| 1951 | Macmillan | – | 821 | OL44431188M |
| 1950 | Vintage Books | – | 940 | OL47071566M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 940 | OL32157687M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 940 | OL6072395M |
| 1950 | The Modern Library | Hardcover | 940 | OL24336694M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 970 | OL49653126M |
| 1950 | Random House | – | 982 | OL58610543M |
| 1950 | Macmillan | – | 821 | OL52282103M |
| 1950 | Random House | – | 939 | OL52282100M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 940 | OL28031190M |
| 1949 | Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL15066136M |
| 1949 | International Collectors Library | – | 483 | OL20050718M |
| 1949 | American Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL19760634M |
| 1949 | Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL23236597M |
| 1949 | Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL17729666M |
| 1949 | For the members of the Limited Editions Club | – | 604 | OL6046595M |
| 1949 | Heritage Press | – | 604 | OL17721486M |
| 1949 | J.C. Winston Co. | – | 483 | OL6050117M |
| 1948 | The Macmillan Company | – | 821 | OL26535182M |
| 1945 | Modern library | – | 939 | OL52282102M |
| 1945 | W. Heinemann | – | 821 | OL18892027M |
| 1945 | Random House, Inc. | – | 1,092 | OL58610525M |
| 1943 | The Modern Library | – | 993 | OL6462770M |
| 1940 | Halcyon House | – | 822 | OL21495759M |
| 1937 | The Modern Library | Hardcover | 822 | OL24736488M |
| 1937 | The Modern Library | Hardcover | 822 | OL6366616M |
| 1933 | Random House | – | 872 | OL58610532M |
| 1933 | Random house | – | 822 | OL6298191M |
| 1929 | The Modern Library | – | 822 | OL17902493M |
| 1929 | The Modern Library | – | 975 | OL6735409M |
| 1928 | Macmillan | – | 838 | OL6723560M |
| 1927 | Macmillan | – | 838 | OL16387926M |
| 1927 | Dent | – | 377 | OL18449493M |
| 1927 | Dent | – | 377 | OL22610094M |
| 1927 | Dent | – | 442 | OL22610091M |
| 1922 | The Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 838 | OL26535132M |
| 1919 | The Macmillan Company | – | 838 | OL6645725M |
| 1916 | William Heinemann | – | 838 | OL26535103M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 838 | OL6547640M |
| 1912 | W. Heinemann | – | 820 | OL19397780M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 838 | OL16658784M |
| 1912 | W. Heinemann | – | 820 | OL19397395M |
| 1912 | William Heinemann | – | 838 | OL17776992M |
| 1900 | Modern Library | – | 975 | OL22601095M |
| 1900 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 877 | OL22779839M |
| 1900 | Modern library | – | 939 | OL19754602M |
| – | Modern Library | – | 822 | OL57707544M |
| – | William Benton (Encyclopedia Britannica) | – | 412 | OL26535058M |
| – | Lowell | Hardcover | 877 | OL13997381M |
| – | Modern Library | Hardcover | 822 | OL16661233M |
| – | Random House | – | 822 | OL26884784M |
| – | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 877 | OL18565258M |
| – | The Modern Library | – | 822 | OL24628850M |
| – | The Modern Library | – | 975 | OL26535067M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The brothers Karamazov?
- About 822 pages: that is the median of 143 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 377 to 1,104 pages.
- How long does it take to read The brothers Karamazov?
- About 14 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 29 days.
- How many words is The brothers Karamazov?
- Roughly 226,000 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)).