Book · by Mario Puzo · first published 2004
How many pages is The Godfather?
The Godfather by Mario Puzo has a median of 448 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 446 to 595 pages.
How long will The Godfather take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 448 | 3 | 7 h 54 min |
| Paperback | 520 | 2 | 9 h 11 min |
| Mass market | 446 | 9 | 7 h 52 min |
Editions counted
The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 109 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penguin Random House | – | 608 | OL28724385M |
| 2019 | William Heinemann | – | 608 | OL28696865M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 608 | OL34481289M |
| 2012 | Arrow Books | Paperback | 595 | OL31904147M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 608 | OL28450571M |
| 2005 | NAL Trade | – | 448 | OL7574777M |
| 2002 | New American Library | – | 450 | OL3955421M |
| 2001 | Arrow Books | Mass Market Paperback | 595 | OL9272420M |
| 2000 | Arrow | Paperback | 446 | OL7966071M |
| 1999 | Signet | Mass Market Paperback | 444 | OL7573027M |
| 1996 | Mandarin | Mass Market Paperback | 446 | OL9326861M |
| 1986 | Charnwood | – | 741 | OL22433224M |
| 1986 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 640 | OL11236880M |
| 1985 | G.K. Hall | – | 676 | OL3020669M |
| 1978 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 447 | OL26591040M |
| 1977 | Fawcett | – | 446 | OL7567244M |
| 1976 | Pan Books | Mass Market Paperback | 448 | OL26577414M |
| 1972 | Fawcett Publications | Mass Market Paperback | 446 | OL32646674M |
| 1972 | Fawcett Publications | Mass Market Paperback | 446 | OL32646736M |
| 1971 | Heinemann | – | 450 | OL22628280M |
| 1970 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 446 | OL46953704M |
| 1970 | Fawcett Publications | Mass Market Paperback | 446 | OL18197077M |
| 1970 | Fawcett Publications | Mass Market Paperback | 446 | OL32646749M |
| 1969 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 446 | OL49817235M |
| 1969 | Putnam | – | 446 | OL23251447M |
| 1969 | G.P. Putnam | Hardcover | 448 | OL7759608M |
| 1969 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | – | 454 | OL48593945M |
| 1969 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | – | 452 | OL43499941M |
| 1969 | Putnam | – | 446 | OL5680231M |
| 1969 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 446 | OL49817231M |
| 1969 | Fawcett Publications, Inc. | – | 446 | OL49817234M |
| 1969 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | Hardcover | 446 | OL25440708M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Godfather?
- About 448 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 444 to 741 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Godfather?
- About 7 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
- How many words is The Godfather?
- Roughly 123,000 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)).