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How many pages is The Firm?

The Firm by John Grisham has a median of 496 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 421 to 512 pages.

Median pages
496
25 editions counted
Range
421–704
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Firm take you?

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Reading time
8 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600700199520002005201020151991: 421 pages1991: 501 pages1991: 421 pages1992: 501 pages1992: 618 pages1992: 501 pages1992: 581 pages1992: 432 pages1993: 421 pages1993: 421 pages1993: 421 pages1997: 432 pages1997: 432 pages1997: 421 pages2000: 501 pages2004: 704 pages2004: 704 pages2008: 432 pages2010: 490 pages2012: 496 pages2012: 544 pages2012: 624 pages2012: 421 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 496
400500600700200020101991: 421 pages1991: 501 pages1991: 421 pages1992: 501 pages1992: 618 pages1992: 501 pages1992: 581 pages1992: 432 pages1993: 421 pages1993: 421 pages1993: 421 pages1997: 432 pages1997: 432 pages1997: 421 pages2000: 501 pages2004: 704 pages2004: 704 pages2008: 432 pages2010: 490 pages2012: 496 pages2012: 544 pages2012: 624 pages2012: 421 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 496
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover50158 h 50 min
Mass market49058 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 94 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Arrow BooksMass Market Paperback512OL28615846M
2012Penguin Random House–496OL28975144M
2012Random House Publishing Group–544OL29631640M
2012Diversified Publishing–624OL29606030M
2012Bantam Books Trade PaperbacksPaperback421OL25324969M
2010Arrow BooksMass Market Paperback490OL28456398M
2008Penguin Random House–432OL29027061M
2004Random House Large Print–704OL3306303M

More by John Grisham

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Questions

How many pages is The Firm?
About 496 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 421 to 704 pages.
How long does it take to read The Firm?
About 8 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Firm?
Roughly 136,000 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)).