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How many pages is The Illustrated Man?

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury has a median of 192 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 186 to 247 pages.

Median pages
192
20 editions counted
Range
186–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Illustrated Man 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
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2003004001960198020001951: 251 pages1955: 246 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 186 pages1969: 384 pages1970: 192 pages1972: 186 pages1972: 186 pages1972: 186 pages1974: 186 pages1977: 204 pages1977: 192 pages1983: 186 pages1983: 192 pages1989: 203 pages1991: 186 pages1997: 275 pages1999: 352 pages2002: 240 pages2011: 288 pagesmedian 192
2003004001960198020001951: 251 pages1955: 246 pages1965: 186 pages1967: 186 pages1969: 384 pages1970: 192 pages1972: 186 pages1972: 186 pages1972: 186 pages1974: 186 pages1977: 204 pages1977: 192 pages1983: 186 pages1983: 192 pages1989: 203 pages1991: 186 pages1997: 275 pages1999: 352 pages2002: 240 pages2011: 288 pagesmedian 192
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover21823 h 51 min
Paperback19273 h 23 min
Mass market18923 h 20 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 82 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Harper Perennial Modern Classicspaperback288OL27303467M
2002HarperCollins Publishers–240OL7261795M
1999G.K. Hall–352OL385839M
1997Avon Books–275OL714188M
1991Buccaneer BooksLibrary binding186OL8689470M
1989Grafton Books–203OL14687179M
1983BantamMass Market Paperback186OL7822560M
1983Bantam BooksPaperback192OL37817132M

More by Ray Bradbury

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Questions

How many pages is The Illustrated Man?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 186 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read The Illustrated Man?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is The Illustrated Man?
Roughly 53,000 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)).