Book · by Isaac Asimov
How many pages is The Caves of Steel?
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov has a median of 204 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 194 to 224 pages.
How long will The Caves of Steel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 232 | 2 | 4 h 05 min |
| Mass market | 278 | 2 | 4 h 55 min |
Editions counted
The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 62 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HarperVoyager | Paperback | 272 | OL28400939M |
| 2004 | Easton Press | – | 224 | OL57365729M |
| 1997 | HarperCollins | – | 206 | OL17154034M |
| 1991 | Spectra | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL7825253M |
| 1986 | Ballentine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 269 | OL10684948M |
| 1986 | Doubleday | – | 202 | OL7439786M |
| 1984 | Granada | – | 202 | OL22829354M |
| 1972 | Fawcett Crest | Paperback | 191 | OL21942784M |
| 1964 | Panther | – | 189 | OL20089598M |
| 1962 | Pyramid Books | – | 189 | OL49970624M |
| 1958 | Panther | – | 189 | OL18207539M |
| 1954 | Ballantine Books | – | 209 | OL40256811M |
| 1954 | Doubleday | – | 202 | OL22931632M |
| 1954 | Doubleday | – | 224 | OL6152585M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Caves of Steel?
- About 204 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 189 to 288 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Caves of Steel?
- About 3 h 36 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 Caves of Steel?
- Roughly 56,000 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)).