Book · by J. D. Salinger · first published 1945
How many pages is The Catcher in the Rye?
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has a median of 218 pages across 45 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 214 to 277 pages.
How long will The Catcher in the Rye 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 | 277 | 4 | 4 h 53 min |
| Paperback | 232 | 4 | 4 h 06 min |
| Mass market | 214 | 8 | 3 h 46 min |
Editions counted
The 45 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 204 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL28698765M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 136 | OL55024558M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 182 | OL53301288M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 182 | OL53314307M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 182 | OL53298822M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 162 | OL53310452M |
| 2013 | Ishi Press International | – | 216 | OL30423020M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 240 | OL25883710M |
| 2005 | YMB Si-sa | Paperback | 225 | OL9074771M |
| 2001 | Tandem Library | Library Binding | 277 | OL11760645M |
| 2001 | Back Bay Books | Paperback | 288 | OL9766378M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 240 | OL7973551M |
| 1995 | Penguin | – | 208 | OL17226245M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 208 | OL7350918M |
| 1993 | Chivers | – | 347 | OL16265169M |
| 1993 | Curley Large Print | – | 347 | OL1740396M |
| 1991 | Buccaneer Books, Incorporated | – | 300 | OL53229760M |
| 1991 | Little, Brown and Company | Mass Market Paperback | 214 | OL16164303M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 214 | OL24933967M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 214 | OL24202888M |
| 1977 | Penguin | – | 220 | OL21146809M |
| 1975 | Chivers Press | – | 347 | OL53237517M |
| 1972 | Bantam Books | – | 214 | OL22200289M |
| 1969 | Penguin Books | – | 218 | OL37042099M |
| 1969 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 214 | OL47773869M |
| 1968 | Progress Publishers | – | 246 | OL5743017M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 214 | OL24934024M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 214 | OL39492809M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 214 | OL47773856M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | – | 214 | OL19685929M |
| 1964 | Bantham Books | – | 214 | OL21523809M |
| 1962 | New American Library | mass market paperback | 192 | OL39492799M |
| 1961 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 277 | OL20767177M |
| 1958 | Penguin in association with Hamish Hamilton | – | 218 | OL22596966M |
| 1953 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL52436381M |
| 1953 | New American Library | – | 192 | OL22929432M |
| 1951 | – | – | 226 | OL58710572M |
| 1951 | Little, Brown and Company | – | 234 | OL51009230M |
| 1951 | Little, Brown and Company | hardcover | 277 | OL21494815M |
| 1951 | Hamish Hamilton | – | 252 | OL4184911M |
| 1951 | Little, Brown and Company | – | 277 | OL6089177M |
| 1951 | Modern Library | – | 277 | OL6249881M |
| 1951 | Grosset & Dunlap | hardcover | 277 | OL47773871M |
| 1951 | Little, Brown and Company | – | 216 | OL16086728M |
| 1945 | Little, Brown and Co. | – | 277 | OL16677355M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Catcher in the Rye?
- About 218 pages: that is the median of 45 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 136 to 347 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Catcher in the Rye?
- About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is The Catcher in the Rye?
- Roughly 60,000 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)).