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How many pages is The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe has a median of 416 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 372 to 416 pages.

Median pages
416
25 editions counted
Range
368–434
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
114k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 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 20 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.

375400425197019801990200020101968: 416 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 434 pages1968: 386 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 434 pages1968: 430 pages1968: 434 pages1969: 416 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1973: 416 pages1982: 384 pages1987: 434 pages1987: 416 pages1989: 368 pages1997: 372 pages1999: 416 pages2008: 416 pages2008: 384 pages2018: 432 pagesmedian 416
375400425198020001968: 416 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 434 pages1968: 386 pages1968: 416 pages1968: 434 pages1968: 430 pages1968: 434 pages1969: 416 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1969: 372 pages1973: 416 pages1982: 384 pages1987: 434 pages1987: 416 pages1989: 368 pages1997: 372 pages1999: 416 pages2008: 416 pages2008: 384 pages2018: 432 pagesmedian 416
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 58 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Penguin Random House–432OL30597511M
2008Picador–416OL26883207M
2008Farrar, Straus & Giroux–384OL29567301M
1999Bantam Books–416OL17033068M
1997Bantam Books–372OL434873M
1989Black Swan–368OL22050698M
1987Farrar, Straus and Giroux–434OL14479190M
1987Farrar, Straus and Giroux–416OL7423059M

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Questions

How many pages is The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?
About 416 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 368 to 434 pages.
How long does it take to read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?
About 7 h 20 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 Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?
Roughly 114,000 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)).