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How many pages is The Gay Science?

The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche has a median of 370 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 266 to 375 pages.

Median pages
370
15 editions counted
Range
209–413
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
102k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Gay Science take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
7 h 08 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.

20030040019601980200020201960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1974: 396 pages1974: 370 pages1974: 396 pages2001: 277 pages2003: 380 pages2006: 209 pages2006: 224 pages2008: 244 pages2010: 413 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 370
20030040019601980200020201960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1960: 370 pages1974: 396 pages1974: 370 pages1974: 396 pages2001: 277 pages2003: 380 pages2006: 209 pages2006: 224 pages2008: 244 pages2010: 413 pages2020: 256 pagesmedian 370
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 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 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Dover Publications, Incorporated–256OL28065623M
2010Vintage–413OL50498638M
2008Barnes & Noble–244OL24848791M
2006Dover PublicationsPaperpack209OL26375465M
2006Dover PublicationsPaperback224OL7640239M
2003University Press of the PacificPaperback380OL8423549M
2001Cambridge University Press–277OL3943772M
1974Random House–396OL5418097M

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Questions

How many pages is The Gay Science?
About 370 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 209 to 413 pages.
How long does it take to read The Gay Science?
About 7 h 08 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Gay Science?
Roughly 102,000 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)).