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Book · by Philip K. Dick · first published 1999

How many pages is The Man in the High Castle?

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick has a median of 250 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 249 to 269 pages.

Median pages
250
18 editions counted
Range
236–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
69k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Man in the High Castle 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
4 h 24 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

240260280198020001962: 239 pages1965: 236 pages1974: 253 pages1974: 253 pages1979: 239 pages1981: 249 pages1983: 249 pages1986: 249 pages1992: 259 pages1993: 250 pages1995: 239 pages2011: 274 pages2012: 272 pages2014: 249 pages2015: 274 pages2016: 288 pages2017: 288 pagesmedian 249
240260280198020001962: 239 pages1965: 236 pages1974: 253 pages1974: 253 pages1979: 239 pages1981: 249 pages1983: 249 pages1986: 249 pages1992: 259 pages1993: 250 pages1995: 239 pages2011: 274 pages2012: 272 pages2014: 249 pages2015: 274 pages2016: 288 pages2017: 288 pagesmedian 249
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 84 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers–288OL28855785M
2016Houghton Mifflin Harcourthardcover288OL28306833M
2015Houghton Mifflin Harcourt–274OL31977870M
2014Penguin Books Ltdpaperback249OL27294612M
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–272OL29598562M
2011Mariner Books–274OL25177015M
1995Easton Press–239OL62232901M
1993Penguin–250OL17228808M

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Questions

How many pages is The Man in the High Castle?
About 250 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 236 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read The Man in the High Castle?
About 4 h 24 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Man in the High Castle?
Roughly 69,000 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)).