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How many pages is The Institute?

The Institute by Stephen King has a median of 561 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 490 to 576 pages.

Median pages
561
7 editions counted
Range
485–672
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
154k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Institute 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
9 h 53 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.

5006007002018202020222019: 485 pages2019: 561 pages2019: 576 pages2020: 485 pages2020: 496 pages2020: 576 pages2021: 672 pagesmedian 561
5006007002018202020222019: 485 pages2019: 561 pages2019: 576 pages2020: 485 pages2020: 496 pages2020: 576 pages2021: 672 pagesmedian 561
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
Hardcover52329 h 13 min
Paperback53029 h 21 min

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Pocket Booksmass market paperback672OL32227958M
2020HodderB format paperback485OL29500024M
2020Hodder & Stoughton–496OL30162964M
2020Gallery BooksPaperback576OL29862136M
2019Hodder & StoughtonHardcover485OL28722028M
2019ScribnerHardcover561OL27306907M
2019ScribnerEpub576OL27516255M

More by Stephen King

All 66 books by Stephen King with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Institute?
About 561 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 485 to 672 pages.
How long does it take to read The Institute?
About 9 h 53 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 Institute?
Roughly 154,000 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)).