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How many pages is The Longest Ride?

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks has a median of 478 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 416 to 500 pages.

Median pages
478
8 editions counted
Range
398–672
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
131k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Longest Ride 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
8 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005006007002012201420162013: 416 pages2013: 672 pages2013: 398 pages2014: 480 pages2014: 510 pages2014: 496 pages2015: 475 pages2015: 416 pagesmedian 477
4005006007002012201420162013: 416 pages2013: 672 pages2013: 398 pages2014: 480 pages2014: 510 pages2014: 496 pages2015: 475 pages2015: 416 pagesmedian 477
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015––475OL26473870M
2015Grand Central Publishing–416OL28784250M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–480OL29178859M
2014Charnwood–510OL32122006M
2014Grand Central Publishing–496OL28789983M
2013Grand Central Publishing–416OL29671478M
2013Grand Central Publishing–672OL28781840M
2013Grand Central Publishing–398OL26344182M

More by Nicholas Sparks

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Questions

How many pages is The Longest Ride?
About 478 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 398 to 672 pages.
How long does it take to read The Longest Ride?
About 8 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Longest Ride?
Roughly 131,000 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)).