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How many pages is The Chamber?

The Chamber by John Grisham has a median of 644 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 553 to 707 pages.

Median pages
644
12 editions counted
Range
486–869
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
177k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Chamber take you?

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Reading time
11 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
23 days
At 1 hour a day
12 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

60080019952000200520101994: 486 pages1994: 869 pages1994: 556 pages1994: 486 pages1994: 598 pages1995: 676 pages1995: 800 pages1995: 544 pages1999: 676 pages2005: 838 pages2006: 632 pages2013: 656 pagesmedian 644
600800200020101994: 486 pages1994: 869 pages1994: 556 pages1994: 486 pages1994: 598 pages1995: 676 pages1995: 800 pages1995: 544 pages1999: 676 pages2005: 838 pages2006: 632 pages2013: 656 pagesmedian 644
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
Hardcover738413 h 01 min
Paperback594210 h 28 min
Mass market637211 h 14 min

Editions counted

The 12 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 75 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Penguin Random House–656OL28448243M
2006Delta Trade PaperbacksPaperback632OL26337689M
2005Random House Large Print–838OL3311780M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding676OL9319785M
1995Island BooksMass Market Paperback676OL22433699M
1995CharnwoodHardcover800OL18214124M
1995Bantam Books–544OL7520381M
1994DoubledayHardcover486OL32779785M

More by John Grisham

All 24 books by John Grisham with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Chamber?
About 644 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 486 to 869 pages.
How long does it take to read The Chamber?
About 11 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 23 days.
How many words is The Chamber?
Roughly 177,000 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)).