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Book · by Stanisław Lem · first published 1980

How many pages is The Cyberiad?

The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem has a median of 295 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 266 to 304 pages.

Median pages
295
7 editions counted
Range
236–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
81k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Cyberiad 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
5 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

250300350198019902000201020201974: 295 pages1975: 295 pages1976: 236 pages1976: 236 pages1985: 295 pages2002: 312 pages2020: 352 pagesmedian 295
2503003501980200020201974: 295 pages1975: 295 pages1976: 236 pages1976: 236 pages1985: 295 pages2002: 312 pages2020: 352 pagesmedian 295
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 42 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Books, Limited–352OL29506546M
2002Harvest/HBJ Book–312OL7365553M
1985Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–295OL2859841M
1976Avon–236OL44936004M
1976Avon Books–236OL20960758M
1975Secker and Warburg–295OL17371541M
1974Seabury PressHardcover295OL5414725M

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Questions

How many pages is The Cyberiad?
About 295 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 236 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read The Cyberiad?
About 5 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Cyberiad?
Roughly 81,000 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)).