Book · by Karl Marx
How many pages is The Communist manifesto?
The Communist manifesto by Karl Marx has a median of 88 pages across 146 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 60 to 112 pages.
Median pages
88
146 editions counted
Range
46–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
24k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Communist manifesto take you?
Reading time
1 h 42 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 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 | 150 | 2 | 2 h 53 min |
| Paperback | 64 | 23 | 1 h 14 min |
Editions counted
The 146 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 31 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 460 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John | – | 176 | OL33815977M |
| 2021 | Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John | – | 176 | OL33815972M |
| 2019 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 160 | OL28929786M |
| 2019 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | – | 128 | OL28926591M |
| 2018 | Clydesdale Press, LLC | – | 80 | OL28622142M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 46 | OL29777916M |
| 2018 | Penguin Random House | – | 128 | OL30588865M |
| 2018 | Clydesdale Press, LLC | – | 80 | OL34077699M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 46 | OL29777846M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 46 | OL29778080M |
| 2017 | Pluto Press | – | 176 | OL29326868M |
| 2017 | Pluto Press | – | 176 | OL29326900M |
| 2016 | Verso | – | 107 | OL27225449M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 70 | OL34048762M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 70 | OL34014692M |
| 2015 | Penguin Books, Limited | Paperback | 64 | OL28554927M |
| 2014 | Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John | – | 96 | OL29254438M |
| 2013 | Swenson and Kemp | – | 52 | OL39475774M |
| 2013 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 160 | OL33445486M |
| 2012 | Verso | – | 87 | OL25324948M |
| 2011 | Penguin | – | 112 | OL24614522M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 96 | OL28451314M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 96 | OL34449946M |
| 2009 | Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Compan | – | 67 | OL28439986M |
| 2008 | Pathfinder Press | – | 90 | OL24912878M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 68 | OL18608750M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 52 | OL11977524M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 48 | OL11675937M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 64 | OL11859628M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 88 | OL11859704M |
| 2007 | Filiquarian | Paperback | 54 | OL12502494M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 50 | OL11977523M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 88 | OL11859487M |
| 2007 | Wilder Publications | Paperback | 48 | OL8833174M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 56 | OL11859551M |
| 2006 | Cosimo Classics | Paperback | 96 | OL8884296M |
| 2006 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | – | 128 | OL7361639M |
| 2006 | Filiquarian Publishing, LLC. | Hardcover | 108 | OL8902450M |
| 2005 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 128 | OL28429879M |
| 2005 | Filiquarian Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 88 | OL8902456M |
| 2005 | Filiquarian Publishing, LLC. | – | 85 | OL13573231M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 80 | OL8490092M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 48 | OL8472669M |
| 2002 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 48 | OL12372131M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 96 | OL37823017M |
| 1998 | Monthly Review Press | – | 112 | OL16391725M |
| 1998 | New York University Press | Paperback | 192 | OL8044680M |
| 1998 | New York University Press | Hardcover | 192 | OL8044679M |
| 1998 | Signic Classic | – | 94 | OL72041M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 96 | OL7384049M |
| 1998 | Verso | – | 87 | OL357152M |
| 1998 | Penguin Classics | – | 128 | OL7355288M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 68 | OL1561295M |
| 1996 | Pluto Press (UK) | Paperback | 48 | OL7955178M |
| 1996 | Phoenix | – | 55 | OL21710490M |
| 1996 | Junius | – | 48 | OL560673M |
| 1992 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 48 | OL7820519M |
| 1992 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 92 | OL7383914M |
| 1990 | New York University Press | Paperback | 80 | OL8283550M |
| 1988 | China Books & Periodicals | Paperback | 83 | OL11490341M |
| 1988 | Penguin Books | – | 123 | OL21257253M |
| 1986 | Progress Pubrs. | – | 70 | OL13871810M |
| 1986 | Canadian Scholars' Press | – | 53 | OL21562956M |
| 1985 | Gateway Editions | – | 98 | OL3025265M |
| 1983 | International Publishers | – | 48 | OL24953514M |
| 1983 | International Publishers | – | 78 | OL3782720M |
| 1983 | Lawrence & Wishart | – | 78 | OL22103136M |
| 1982 | Gateway Editions | Paperback | 98 | OL8250797M |
| 1978 | Charles Kerr | Paperback | 60 | OL8178930M |
| 1977 | Monthly Review Press | Paperback | 113 | OL8284436M |
| 1977 | Progress | – | 106 | OL13569194M |
| 1977 | Progress Publishers | – | 106 | OL21257257M |
| 1977 | Progress Publishers | – | 106 | OL21458907M |
| 1973 | Foreign Languages Press | – | 83 | OL17149454M |
| 1973 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 96 | OL21257260M |
| 1972 | Washington Square Press | – | 143 | OL20895266M |
| 1971 | Progress Publishers | – | 95 | OL21201808M |
| 1969 | Progress Publishers | – | 96 | OL5337633M |
| 1969 | Vanguard | – | 72 | OL16413843M |
| 1968 | Dietz | – | 87 | OL17215775M |
| 1968 | Foreign Languages Press | – | 83 | OL31885563M |
| 1968 | Foreign Languages Press | – | 83 | OL21201804M |
| 1968 | Modern Reader Paperbacks | – | 113 | OL19636949M |
| 1968 | Monthly Review Press | – | 113 | OL19900480M |
| 1968 | Penguin Books | – | 123 | OL21602597M |
| 1967 | Brussel & Brussel | – | 118 | OL21201769M |
| 1967 | Washington Square Press | – | 143 | OL37823037M |
| 1967 | Washington Square Press | – | 143 | OL37823034M |
| 1967 | Penguin Books | – | 123 | OL26579869M |
| 1967 | Penguin | – | 123 | OL20350131M |
| 1967 | Penguin Books | – | 123 | OL32981458M |
| 1967 | Penguin Books | – | 123 | OL21201729M |
| 1967 | Progress Publishers | – | 96 | OL21201719M |
| 1967 | Penguin | – | 124 | OL5590302M |
| 1967 | Penguin Books | – | 124 | OL23265687M |
| 1966 | Progress Publishers | – | 94 | OL5762739M |
| 1965 | Washington Square Press | – | 158 | OL5939486M |
| 1965 | Foreign Languages Press | – | 84 | OL22550991M |
| 1965 | Progress Publishers | – | 94 | OL21201716M |
| 1965 | Washington Square Press | – | 158 | OL21602587M |
| 1965 | H. Regnery Co. | – | 82 | OL17404938M |
| 1964 | Monthly Review Press | – | 113 | OL5917940M |
| 1964 | Pocket Books | – | 143 | OL18399203M |
| 1962 | International Publishers Co., Inc. | – | 48 | OL18743928M |
| 1959 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 116 | OL21201633M |
| 1959 | New York Labor News Co. | – | 93 | OL21201583M |
| 1957 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 111 | OL21201713M |
| 1955 | AHM Publishing Corp. | – | 96 | OL23333425M |
| 1955 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 96 | OL6178596M |
| 1955 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 119 | OL20818824M |
| 1955 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 96 | OL24636369M |
| 1955 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 96 | OL24931323M |
| 1955 | H. Regnery Co. | – | 54 | OL6154713M |
| 1955 | H. Davidson, c1955. | – | 96 | OL21187929M |
| 1955 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 96 | OL21064131M |
| 1954 | Gateway Editions Inc. | – | 82 | OL37823028M |
| 1954 | H. Regnery Co. | – | 82 | OL18089469M |
| 1954 | Henry Regnery Co. | – | 54 | OL13572227M |
| 1953 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 103 | OL21201657M |
| 1952 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 103 | OL21201649M |
| 1952 | Progress publishers | – | 96 | OL17358527M |
| 1952 | Progress Publishers | – | 96 | OL21328487M |
| 1950 | H. Regnery | – | 48 | OL16033299M |
| 1950 | H. Regnery for Great Books Foundation | – | 48 | OL17597647M |
| 1950 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 114 | OL20818818M |
| 1948 | Foreign Languages Pub. House | – | 91 | OL6037253M |
| 1948 | Lawrence & Wishart | – | 64 | OL22087071M |
| 1948 | New York Labor News Co. | – | 75 | OL28661065M |
| 1948 | New York Labor News Co. | – | 75 | OL6030685M |
| 1948 | Progress Books | – | 48 | OL22167126M |
| 1948 | International Publishers | – | 48 | OL18617477M |
| 1946 | Charles H. Kerr & Co. | – | 60 | OL28384500M |
| 1939 | New York labor news co. | – | 48 | OL6411193M |
| 1937 | Lawrence and Wishart | – | 48 | OL21257649M |
| 1936 | Martin Lawrence | – | 48 | OL20382616M |
| 1935 | International Publishers | – | 47 | OL21257637M |
| 1935 | Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U. | – | 84 | OL6385413M |
| 1933 | New York Labor News Co. | – | 48 | OL21257633M |
| 1933 | Arrow editions | – | 61 | OL6304609M |
| 1919 | Whitehead Estate | – | 59 | OL26415978M |
| 1919 | Whitehead Estate | – | 59 | OL20412684M |
| 1912 | Socialist Literature Co. | – | 62 | OL6412262M |
| 1910 | C.H. Kerr & company | – | 58 | OL6412261M |
| 1908 | New York Labor News | – | 48 | OL13573616M |
| 1902 | C. H. Kerr & company | – | 64 | OL7008929M |
| 1898 | The National executive committee of the Socialist labor part | – | 60 | OL6542634M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Communist manifesto?
- About 88 pages: that is the median of 146 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 46 to 192 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Communist manifesto?
- About 1 h 42 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
- How many words is The Communist manifesto?
- Roughly 24,000 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)).