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How many pages is The Haunting of Hill House?

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson has a median of 246 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 186 to 251 pages.

Median pages
246
15 editions counted
Range
174–325
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Haunting of Hill House 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
4 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002503001960198020001959: 246 pages1959: 174 pages1960: 205 pages1962: 174 pages1977: 189 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 256 pages1994: 174 pages1999: 246 pages2002: 325 pages2006: 208 pages2007: 182 pages2011: 283 pages2016: 272 pagesmedian 246
2002503001960198020001959: 246 pages1959: 174 pages1960: 205 pages1962: 174 pages1977: 189 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 246 pages1987: 256 pages1994: 174 pages1999: 246 pages2002: 325 pages2006: 208 pages2007: 182 pages2011: 283 pages2016: 272 pagesmedian 246
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 75 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Penguin Classics–272OL27011392M
2011Chivers–283OL37776932M
2007Penguin Books–182OL22746005M
2006Penguin Classics–208OL7361810M
2002Thorndike Press–325OL3558861M
1999Penguin (Non-Classics)–246OL7352362M
1994Lightyear PressLibrary binding174OL8276913M
1987Penguin Books–246OL22003885M

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Questions

How many pages is The Haunting of Hill House?
About 246 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 174 to 325 pages.
How long does it take to read The Haunting of Hill House?
About 4 h 20 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 Haunting of Hill House?
Roughly 68,000 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)).