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Book · by Stephen King · first published 1983

How many pages is The Dead Zone?

The Dead Zone by Stephen King has a median of 402 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 402 to 426 pages.

Median pages
402
23 editions counted
Range
300–656
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
111k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Dead Zone 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
7 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060019801990200020101979: 402 pages1979: 426 pages1979: 372 pages1979: 372 pages1979: 426 pages1979: 390 pages1979: 426 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1983: 402 pages1983: 656 pages1992: 467 pages1993: 626 pages1993: 426 pages1994: 398 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 608 pages2016: 416 pages2018: 513 pagesmedian 402
400600198020001979: 402 pages1979: 426 pages1979: 372 pages1979: 372 pages1979: 426 pages1979: 390 pages1979: 426 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1980: 402 pages1983: 402 pages1983: 656 pages1992: 467 pages1993: 626 pages1993: 426 pages1994: 398 pages2010: 300 pages2011: 608 pages2016: 416 pages2018: 513 pagesmedian 402
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 89 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Gallery Bookspaperback513OL27439054M
2016Scribner–416OL29731590M
2011Hodder & Stoughton–608OL34455761M
2010Hodder & Stoughton–300OL53245279M
1994Plume–398OL872791M
1993G.K. Hall–626OL1731909M
1993Easton Press–426OL57361371M
1992Warner Books–467OL15996380M

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Questions

How many pages is The Dead Zone?
About 402 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 656 pages.
How long does it take to read The Dead Zone?
About 7 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Dead Zone?
Roughly 111,000 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)).