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Book · by Gabriel García Márquez · first published 1990

How many pages is The General in His Labyrinth?

The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez has a median of 285 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 285 pages.

Median pages
285
9 editions counted
Range
248–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
78k
at 275 words per page

How long will The General in His Labyrinth 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
5 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2402602801990199520001990: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages2003: 285 pages2004: 248 pages2004: 272 pagesmedian 285
2402602801990199520001990: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages1991: 285 pages2003: 285 pages2004: 248 pages2004: 272 pagesmedian 285
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Everyman's Library–248OL3305966M
2004Everyman's Library–272OL22820021M
2003Vintage International–285OL3707369M
1991Jonathan Cape–285OL14783351M
1991Penguin Books–285OL14417019M
1991––285OL17182589M
1991Penguin Books–285OL24197753M
1990A.A. Knopf–285OL1889699M

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Questions

How many pages is The General in His Labyrinth?
About 285 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 248 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read The General in His Labyrinth?
About 5 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The General in His Labyrinth?
Roughly 78,000 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)).