Book · by William Peter Blatty
How many pages is The Exorcist?
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty has a median of 385 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 340 to 403 pages.
How long will The Exorcist take you?
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 | 340 | 6 | 6 h |
| Mass market | 403 | 7 | 7 h 06 min |
Editions counted
The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 77 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Harper | Hardcover | 379 | OL24896702M |
| 2013 | Harper | Mass Market Paperback | 385 | OL35687450M |
| 2007 | Corgi Books | paperback | 380 | OL42882907M |
| 1981 | Blond & Briggs | – | 340 | OL17849475M |
| 1979 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 403 | OL10632745M |
| 1977 | Corgi | – | 320 | OL15060889M |
| 1974 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 403 | OL24369856M |
| 1974 | Corgi Books | Mass Market Paperback | 403 | OL18257422M |
| 1974 | Bantam Books | mass market paperback | 405 | OL43026951M |
| 1973 | Corgi | – | 320 | OL15060465M |
| 1972 | Bantam | – | 403 | OL21093169M |
| 1972 | Bantam Books | – | 403 | OL15304839M |
| 1972 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 403 | OL24206543M |
| 1972 | Blond & Briggs | Hardcover | 340 | OL38581482M |
| 1972 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 404 | OL37809158M |
| 1971 | Buccaneer Books | Library Binding | 341 | OL8689621M |
| 1971 | Harper & Row Publishers | Hardcover | 340 | OL37809164M |
| 1971 | Bantam Books | – | 403 | OL22203121M |
| 1971 | Harper & Row Publishers | Hardcover | 340 | OL37809163M |
| 1971 | Harper & Row, Publishers | hardcover | 340 | OL48576151M |
| – | Ekdose | – | 408 | OL19882254M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Exorcist?
- About 385 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 408 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Exorcist?
- About 6 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
- How many words is The Exorcist?
- Roughly 106,000 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)).