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How many pages is The Girl on the Train?

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins has a median of 323 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 320 to 416 pages.

Median pages
323
9 editions counted
Range
316–497
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
89k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Girl on the Train 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 42 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

30040050020122014201620182014: 316 pages2015: 323 pages2015: 497 pages2015: 384 pages2015: 320 pages2015: 478 pages2016: 323 pages2016: 416 pages2016: 316 pagesmedian 323
30040050020122014201620182014: 316 pages2015: 323 pages2015: 497 pages2015: 384 pages2015: 320 pages2015: 478 pages2016: 323 pages2016: 416 pages2016: 316 pagesmedian 323
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 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 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Riverhead BooksPaperback323OL31856689M
2016Transworld Publishers Limited–416OL28597980M
2016Black Swan–316OL28304628M
2015Penguin Books–323OL25687007M
2015Thorndike Press–497OL28684099M
2015Transworld Publishers Limited–384OL33505950M
2015DoubledayHardcover320OL25682908M
2015Riverhead Books–478OL31969140M

Questions

How many pages is The Girl on the Train?
About 323 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 316 to 497 pages.
How long does it take to read The Girl on the Train?
About 5 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Girl on the Train?
Roughly 89,000 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)).