Book · by Jack London
How many pages is The Iron Heel?
The Iron Heel by Jack London has a median of 287 pages across 105 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 338 pages.
Median pages
287
105 editions counted
Range
152–580
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Iron Heel take you?
Reading time
5 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days
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 | 245 | 5 | 4 h 19 min |
| Paperback | 275 | 14 | 4 h 51 min |
Editions counted
The 105 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 597 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 314 | OL34219740M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 214 | OL34334875M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL34351627M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 274 | OL34289891M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 338 | OL34330153M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 313 | OL34241902M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 311 | OL34254741M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 338 | OL34256931M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 235 | OL34153117M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 314 | OL34340649M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 218 | OL33941589M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 212 | OL34143339M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL34359224M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 350 | OL34341165M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 152 | OL34183082M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 338 | OL34265887M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 273 | OL34244532M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL34362420M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 218 | OL33925976M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 155 | OL34133141M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 212 | OL34181957M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 338 | OL34287663M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL34315439M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL30018980M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 247 | OL30008065M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 190 | OL30249635M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 294 | OL30017706M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 302 | OL30359892M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 251 | OL30053463M |
| 2020 | Bibliotech Press | – | 200 | OL30307818M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30054715M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 235 | OL30027753M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 194 | OL29978170M |
| 2020 | Bibliotech Press | – | 202 | OL30307819M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 248 | OL29982423M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 159 | OL30271398M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 194 | OL30003139M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 197 | OL29867304M |
| 2018 | Blurb, Incorporated | – | 282 | OL34916463M |
| 2017 | SeaWolf Press | paperback | 306 | OL34271734M |
| 2014 | Trajectory, Incorporated | – | 262 | OL34525652M |
| 2014 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 233 | OL34510818M |
| 2012 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 374 | OL34471525M |
| 2012 | HardPress | – | 388 | OL34470269M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 382 | OL34454539M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 164 | OL34445194M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 390 | OL34454191M |
| 2009 | Dover Publications | – | 208 | OL23175421M |
| 2009 | Books LLC | – | 194 | OL34431608M |
| 2009 | Books LLC | – | 202 | OL34431480M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 264 | OL34415905M |
| 2008 | Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Limited | – | 224 | OL34424109M |
| 2008 | NuVision Publications, LLC | – | 220 | OL34414124M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 264 | OL34425913M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 262 | OL11975686M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 348 | OL9472888M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 260 | OL3432361M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 556 | OL8501613M |
| 2006 | Mondial | – | 171 | OL18015640M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 580 | OL8501872M |
| 2003 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 222 | OL8747552M |
| 2003 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 364 | OL11315734M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 240 | OL11727362M |
| 2003 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 364 | OL7978243M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 240 | OL11727361M |
| 2003 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 364 | OL12435202M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 240 | OL11644556M |
| 2000 | Canongate Books | Paperback | 256 | OL8309955M |
| 2000 | Synergy International of the Americas, Ltd | Paperback | 288 | OL9202193M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 245 | OL9402223M |
| 1995 | North Books | Hardcover | 245 | OL9570578M |
| 1991 | Pluto Press (UK) | Paperback | 224 | OL8290433M |
| 1981 | Lawrence Hill Books | Paperback | 240 | OL8596089M |
| 1980 | Lawrence Hill | – | 224 | OL22916684M |
| 1974 | Journeyman Press | – | 224 | OL4612443M |
| 1966 | Hill and Wang | – | 303 | OL32108890M |
| 1966 | Arco | – | 230 | OL5583761M |
| 1958 | Macmillan | – | 303 | OL17871333M |
| 1957 | Sagamore Press | – | 303 | OL6226099M |
| 1957 | Hill and Wang | – | 303 | OL27785539M |
| 1957 | Hill and Wang | – | 303 | OL17745628M |
| 1957 | Hill and Wang | – | 239 | OL26443504M |
| 1945 | Penguin Books | – | 219 | OL20453076M |
| 1936 | T.Werner Laurie LTD. | – | 302 | OL58884822M |
| 1934 | Co-operative Publishing Society of ForeignWorkers in the U.S | – | 308 | OL22239407M |
| 1928 | Mills & Boon | – | 292 | OL22239397M |
| 1924 | The Macmillan company | – | 354 | OL6669294M |
| 1924 | McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie | – | 354 | OL26576281M |
| 1924 | McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie | – | 354 | OL22783436M |
| 1917 | Review of Reviews | – | 354 | OL24232878M |
| 1917 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 354 | OL7054745M |
| 1917 | Review of Reviews | – | 354 | OL13537584M |
| 1917 | Review of Reviews | – | 354 | OL17638315M |
| 1910 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 354 | OL24152600M |
| 1908 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 354 | OL13537583M |
| 1908 | The Macmillan company | – | 354 | OL24132405M |
| 1908 | Everett & Co. | – | 287 | OL25390256M |
| 1908 | The Macmillan Company | – | 354 | OL6994295M |
| 1908 | Everett & Co. | – | 287 | OL21117895M |
| 1908 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 214 | OL34897214M |
| 1907 | The Macmillan Company | – | 354 | OL6980024M |
| 1907 | GROSSET & DUNLAP | – | 374 | OL58884825M |
| 1907 | – | – | 372 | OL58668628M |
| – | Everett & Co. | – | 287 | OL22867443M |
| – | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 240 | OL11644555M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Iron Heel?
- About 287 pages: that is the median of 105 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 152 to 580 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Iron Heel?
- About 5 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is The Iron Heel?
- Roughly 79,000 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)).