Book · by John Steinbeck · first published 1939
How many pages is The Grapes of Wrath?
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck has a median of 544 pages across 105 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 473 to 619 pages.
Median pages
544
105 editions counted
Range
300–908
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
150k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Grapes of Wrath take you?
Reading time
9 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days
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 | 496 | 3 | 8 h 45 min |
| Paperback | 560 | 2 | 9 h 52 min |
Editions counted
The 105 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 321 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 544 | OL28634633M |
| 2014 | Viking | hardcover | 496 | OL28349077M |
| 2014 | Viking | – | 496 | OL26819035M |
| 2014 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 688 | OL28531059M |
| 2011 | Ishi Press International | – | 500 | OL34460995M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 464 | OL34429385M |
| 2008 | Thorndike Press | – | 908 | OL18534254M |
| 2006 | Longman | Hardcover | 608 | OL7881439M |
| 2006 | Tandem Library | Unknown Binding | 528 | OL8459651M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 464 | OL3432139M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 464 | OL22732440M |
| 2002 | Penguin Books | – | 455 | OL3955374M |
| 2001 | Turtleback Books | – | 619 | OL34412083M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 455 | OL94530M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | Unknown Binding | 464 | OL8459553M |
| 1998 | The Folio Society | – | 473 | OL22613692M |
| 1997 | Penguin Books | – | 712 | OL963919M |
| 1995 | Minerva | – | 535 | OL22322193M |
| 1995 | Mandarin | – | 534 | OL34408528M |
| 1993 | Knopf | – | 578 | OL1744988M |
| 1992 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 619 | OL1701421M |
| 1992 | Penguin | – | 619 | OL21144399M |
| 1991 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 445 | OL23260807M |
| 1990 | Mandarin | – | 544 | OL34418664M |
| 1989 | Viking | – | 619 | OL2060834M |
| 1987 | Picador Classics | – | 482 | OL59041212M |
| 1986 | Penguin Books | – | 581 | OL2709702M |
| 1980 | Franklin Library | – | 484 | OL3065189M |
| 1980 | Franklin Library | – | 434 | OL4158471M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | Hardcover | 473 | OL39804728M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | – | 486 | OL58633642M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 495 | OL4761503M |
| 1977 | Penguin Books | – | 881 | OL4896549M |
| 1976 | Penguin Books | – | 502 | OL24952174M |
| 1976 | Viking Press | Paperback | 501 | OL7641090M |
| 1975 | Franklin Library | – | 589 | OL4930342M |
| 1975 | Pan Macmillan | – | 479 | OL34412296M |
| 1975 | The Viking press | – | 619 | OL16379824M |
| 1972 | Viking Press | – | 881 | OL18426839M |
| 1972 | Bantam Books | – | 514 | OL58694917M |
| 1972 | Viking Press | – | 881 | OL4918822M |
| 1971 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 399 | OL4371735M |
| 1969 | Bantam Books | – | 502 | OL39804726M |
| 1969 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL23767757M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 300 | OL42883744M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL21588935M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL37811395M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL39804723M |
| 1967 | International Collectors Library | – | 473 | OL37811393M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL39804722M |
| 1967 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL39804727M |
| 1967 | Viking | – | 473 | OL18200965M |
| 1967 | The Viking Press | – | 486 | OL58698291M |
| 1966 | Bantam Books | – | 418 | OL58733279M |
| 1966 | Bantam Books | – | 502 | OL21528115M |
| 1966 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL16790751M |
| 1965 | Heinemann | – | 416 | OL22570604M |
| 1964 | Viking Press | – | 406 | OL49629270M |
| 1964 | Penguin | – | 416 | OL22539486M |
| 1964 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL37811397M |
| 1964 | Viking Press | – | 406 | OL19841053M |
| 1963 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL53080504M |
| 1963 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL37811392M |
| 1961 | Viking Press | – | 619 | OL21318066M |
| 1960 | Heinemann | – | 416 | OL17909532M |
| 1958 | International Collectors Library | – | 473 | OL37811401M |
| 1958 | International Collectors Library | – | 473 | OL49629272M |
| 1954 | Bantam Books | – | 406 | OL19899412M |
| 1951 | Harper | – | 619 | OL52782627M |
| 1951 | Penguin booksin association with Heinemann | – | 416 | OL22111057M |
| 1948 | Heinemann | – | 416 | OL37811386M |
| 1947 | World Pub. Co. | – | 468 | OL6520717M |
| 1947 | World Pub. Co. | – | 468 | OL21553644M |
| 1945 | Bantam Books | – | 570 | OL37811385M |
| 1945 | Bantam Books | – | 570 | OL45055039M |
| 1944 | Heinemann | – | 416 | OL37811388M |
| 1941 | Sun Dial Press | – | 619 | OL20840884M |
| 1941 | The Modern library | – | 619 | OL6429769M |
| 1940 | The Viking Press | – | 619 | OL6399518M |
| 1940 | – | – | 564 | OL58632066M |
| 1940 | World Books | – | 553 | OL22339370M |
| 1940 | The Limited editions club | – | 559 | OL181737M |
| 1940 | The Limited editions club | – | 559 | OL24837841M |
| 1939 | The Viking Press | – | 619 | OL45055028M |
| 1939 | P.F. Collier & Son Corporation | – | 619 | OL23237109M |
| 1939 | Macmillan Co. of Canada | – | 619 | OL19475556M |
| 1939 | The Viking Press | – | 630 | OL45620413M |
| 1939 | Bantam Books | – | 418 | OL58733171M |
| 1939 | The Viking press | – | 619 | OL6393203M |
| 1939 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 424 | OL58857353M |
| 1939 | Heinemann | – | 553 | OL2310294M |
| 1939 | The Viking Press | – | 619 | OL45055026M |
| 1939 | Modern Library | – | 619 | OL37811409M |
| 1939 | Heinemann | – | 426 | OL22077604M |
| 1939 | Viking Press | – | 450 | OL43740297M |
| 1939 | Keith Jennison book | – | 630 | OL58683780M |
| 1939 | Modern Library | – | 619 | OL37811454M |
| 1939 | The Modern Library | – | 619 | OL43015952M |
| 1939 | Random House | – | 619 | OL27271376M |
| 1939 | The Viking press | – | 619 | OL24208593M |
| 1939 | The Viking Press | – | 619 | OL44211595M |
| 1939 | The Modern Library | – | 619 | OL43733819M |
| 1939 | The Viking press | – | 619 | OL58653763M |
| 1939 | J.G. FERGUSON PUBLISHING COMPANY | – | 486 | OL58654489M |
| – | Bertelsman | – | 544 | OL19957278M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Grapes of Wrath?
- About 544 pages: that is the median of 105 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 908 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Grapes of Wrath?
- About 9 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
- How many words is The Grapes of Wrath?
- Roughly 150,000 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)).