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How many pages is The Fountainhead?

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand has a median of 727 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 704 to 740 pages.

Median pages
727
26 editions counted
Range
353–754
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
200k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Fountainhead take you?

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Reading time
12 h 49 min
At 30 min a day
26 days
At 1 hour a day
13 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006008001960198020001943: 753 pages1943: 754 pages1943: 695 pages1943: 753 pages1952: 715 pages1964: 753 pages1968: 727 pages1968: 727 pages1968: 741 pages1971: 695 pages1971: 695 pages1972: 727 pages1972: 680 pages1979: 727 pages1986: 727 pages1989: 353 pages1993: 704 pages1993: 704 pages1994: 680 pages1994: 736 pages1994: 736 pages2000: 727 pages2002: 734 pages2004: 752 pages2005: 752 pages2006: 704 pagesmedian 727
4006008001950197520001943: 753 pages1943: 754 pages1943: 695 pages1943: 753 pages1952: 715 pages1964: 753 pages1968: 727 pages1968: 727 pages1968: 741 pages1971: 695 pages1971: 695 pages1972: 727 pages1972: 680 pages1979: 727 pages1986: 727 pages1989: 353 pages1993: 704 pages1993: 704 pages1994: 680 pages1994: 736 pages1994: 736 pages2000: 727 pages2002: 734 pages2004: 752 pages2005: 752 pages2006: 704 pagesmedian 727
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Signet–704OL32100180M
2005Plume–752OL7591134M
2004Plume–752OL7591109M
2002Plume–734OL22365777M
2000Scribner Classics–727OL23275040M
1994HarperCollins–680OL22086809M
1994Plume–736OL1079886M
1994Signet–736OL35655719M

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Questions

How many pages is The Fountainhead?
About 727 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 353 to 754 pages.
How long does it take to read The Fountainhead?
About 12 h 49 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 26 days.
How many words is The Fountainhead?
Roughly 200,000 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)).