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How many pages is The Mysterious Stranger?

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain has a median of 150 pages across 30 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 124 to 210 pages.

Median pages
150
30 editions counted
Range
92–324
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
41k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Mysterious Stranger take you?

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Reading time
2 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

10020030019251950197520001916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1922: 324 pages1962: 253 pages1982: 198 pages1982: 198 pages1995: 121 pages2001: 124 pages2002: 124 pages2003: 250 pages2003: 202 pages2004: 148 pages2004: 212 pages2004: 92 pages2004: 160 pages2004: 212 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 124 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 94 pages2007: 116 pages2007: 128 pages2011: 214 pages2011: 214 pages2011: 214 pages2019: 104 pages2020: 104 pagesmedian 150
100200300195020001916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1916: 150 pages1922: 324 pages1962: 253 pages1982: 198 pages1982: 198 pages1995: 121 pages2001: 124 pages2002: 124 pages2003: 250 pages2003: 202 pages2004: 148 pages2004: 212 pages2004: 92 pages2004: 160 pages2004: 212 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 124 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 94 pages2007: 116 pages2007: 128 pages2011: 214 pages2011: 214 pages2011: 214 pages2019: 104 pages2020: 104 pagesmedian 150
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
Hardcover15242 h 41 min
Paperback126102 h 13 min

Editions counted

The 30 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 5 more editions were 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 82 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–104OL30078802M
2019Independently Published–104OL29861539M
2011University of California Press–214OL29200151M
2011University of California Press–214OL29058337M
2011University of California Press–214OL29609596M
2007BiblioBazaarPaperback116OL11981109M
2007BiblioBazaarPaperback128OL11981110M
2006AegypanPaperback144OL8898259M

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Questions

How many pages is The Mysterious Stranger?
About 150 pages: that is the median of 30 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 92 to 324 pages.
How long does it take to read The Mysterious Stranger?
About 2 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Mysterious Stranger?
Roughly 41,000 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)).