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Book · by C. S. Lewis · first published 1998

How many pages is The Chronicles of Narnia?

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis has a median of 768 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 705 to 780 pages.

Median pages
768
8 editions counted
Range
523–800
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
211k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Chronicles of Narnia 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
13 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
28 days
At 1 hour a day
14 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5006007008001998200020022004200620081998: 523 pages2000: 523 pages2001: 778 pages2001: 766 pages2004: 784 pages2005: 768 pages2006: 800 pages2008: 768 pagesmedian 768
500600700800200020051998: 523 pages2000: 523 pages2001: 778 pages2001: 766 pages2004: 784 pages2005: 768 pages2006: 800 pages2008: 768 pagesmedian 768
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
Hardcover784313 h 49 min
Paperback768313 h 32 min

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 60 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008HarperTrophyPaperback768OL9950623M
2006HarperCollinsHardcover800OL9243701M
2005HarperEntertainmentPaperback768OL7281389M
2004HarperCollinsHardcover784OL9234284M
2001HarperCollins–778OL22470670M
2001HarperCollinsPublishersPaperback766OL3699868M
2000HarperCollins PublishersHardcover523OL3962556M
1998HarperCollins–523OL23243779M

More by C. S. Lewis

All 21 books by C. S. Lewis with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Chronicles of Narnia?
About 768 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 523 to 800 pages.
How long does it take to read The Chronicles of Narnia?
About 13 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 28 days.
How many words is The Chronicles of Narnia?
Roughly 211,000 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)).