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Book · by Shirley Jackson · first published 1991

How many pages is The Lottery and Other Stories?

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson has a median of 306 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 302 to 306 pages.

Median pages
306
11 editions counted
Range
222–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
84k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Lottery and Other Stories 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
5 h 24 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.

2503001960198020001949: 306 pages1950: 306 pages1971: 222 pages1976: 314 pages1980: 306 pages1981: 306 pages1991: 302 pages2000: 320 pages2000: 292 pages2005: 302 pages2009: 302 pagesmedian 306
2503001960198020001949: 306 pages1950: 306 pages1971: 222 pages1976: 314 pages1980: 306 pages1981: 306 pages1991: 302 pages2000: 320 pages2000: 292 pages2005: 302 pages2009: 302 pagesmedian 306
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 17 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Penguin Books–302OL24427663M
2005Farrar, Straus and Giroux–302OL3311460M
2000Farrar, Straus and GirouxPaperback320OL7424111M
2000The Modern LibraryHardcover292OL6784334M
1991Noonday Press–302OL1545819M
1981Bentley PublishersHardcover306OL8221483M
1980R. Bentley–306OL4419906M
1976Amereon LimitedHardcover314OL8258148M

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Questions

How many pages is The Lottery and Other Stories?
About 306 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 222 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read The Lottery and Other Stories?
About 5 h 24 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 Lottery and Other Stories?
Roughly 84,000 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)).