Book · by Stephen King · first published 1976
How many pages is The Gunslinger?
The Gunslinger by Stephen King has a median of 244 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 288 pages.
How long will The Gunslinger 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 | 276 | 2 | 4 h 51 min |
| Paperback | 238 | 11 | 4 h 12 min |
| Mass market | 336 | 3 | 5 h 55 min |
Editions counted
The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 95 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pocket Books | mass market paperback | 361 | OL30524939M |
| 2017 | HODDER | Paperback | 238 | OL26832234M |
| 2017 | Scribner | Paperback | 288 | OL26846378M |
| 2016 | Turtleback | library binding | 288 | OL28825291M |
| 2016 | Pocket Books | Mass Market Paperback | 330 | OL26867591M |
| 2016 | Scribner | paperback | 288 | OL28031977M |
| 2013 | W F Howes Ltd | Paperback | 280 | OL32936001M |
| 2005 | Hodder & Stoughton | Paperback | 238 | OL35447228M |
| 2003 | Plume | paperback | 231 | OL3683087M |
| 2003 | Signet | – | 300 | OL53178473M |
| 2003 | New English Library | – | 238 | OL22068655M |
| 2003 | Signet | Mass Market Paperback | 336 | OL7574516M |
| 2003 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 304 | OL53246655M |
| 2003 | New English Library | Paperback | 308 | OL9542909M |
| 1998 | New Eng.Lib. | – | 212 | OL21569293M |
| 1997 | Plume | Paperback | 224 | OL7590795M |
| 1997 | New English Library | – | 212 | OL19105488M |
| 1992 | Warner | – | 224 | OL17259570M |
| 1992 | Warner Books | – | 249 | OL17538257M |
| 1989 | Sphere Books Limited | Paperback | 249 | OL22171501M |
| 1988 | Sphere | – | 224 | OL22310938M |
| 1988 | New American Library | Paperback | 224 | OL24944189M |
| 1988 | New American Library | Paperback | 224 | OL25159730M |
| 1982 | Donald M. Grant | – | 224 | OL23292446M |
| 1982 | Donald M. Grant | – | 224 | OL3213460M |
| 1976 | Amereon Limited | Hardcover | 263 | OL11558548M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Gunslinger?
- About 244 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 212 to 361 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Gunslinger?
- About 4 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is The Gunslinger?
- Roughly 67,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).