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Book · by Isabel Allende · first published 1994

How many pages is The House of the Spirits?

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende has a median of 433 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 433 to 490 pages.

Median pages
433
12 editions counted
Range
368–648
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
119k
at 275 words per page

How long will The House of the Spirits 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
7 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005006001990200020101985: 368 pages1986: 648 pages1986: 433 pages1986: 491 pages1986: 433 pages1986: 433 pages1993: 433 pages1996: 490 pages1999: 368 pages2005: 488 pages2005: 433 pages2015: 496 pagesmedian 433
4005006001990200020101985: 368 pages1986: 648 pages1986: 433 pages1986: 491 pages1986: 433 pages1986: 433 pages1993: 433 pages1996: 490 pages1999: 368 pages2005: 488 pages2005: 433 pages2015: 496 pagesmedian 433
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 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 116 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Atria Bookspaperback496OL28206277M
2005Everyman's Library–488OL3311878M
2005Dial Press–433OL26335176M
1999A.A. Knopf–368OL21503565M
1996Trans-WorldPaperback490OL7816170M
1993Bantam Books–433OL24636498M
1986G.K. Hall–648OL2543212M
1986Bantam Books–433OL13635974M

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Questions

How many pages is The House of the Spirits?
About 433 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 368 to 648 pages.
How long does it take to read The House of the Spirits?
About 7 h 38 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 House of the Spirits?
Roughly 119,000 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)).