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How many pages is The myth of Sisyphus?

The myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus has a median of 169 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 169 pages.

Median pages
169
6 editions counted
Range
160–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
46k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The myth of Sisyphus 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
2 h 59 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.

1601801960198020001955: 169 pages1961: 169 pages1965: 169 pages1973: 169 pages1975: 192 pages2018: 160 pagesmedian 169
160180197520001955: 169 pages1961: 169 pages1965: 169 pages1973: 169 pages1975: 192 pages2018: 160 pagesmedian 169
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 82 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Vintagepaperback160OL27361579M
1975Penguin–192OL22589941M
1973Hamish Hamilton–169OL18697998M
1965H. Hamilton–169OL15473781M
1961H. Hamilton–169OL21136141M
1955Hamish Hamilton–169OL18313855M

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Questions

How many pages is The myth of Sisyphus?
About 169 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read The myth of Sisyphus?
About 2 h 59 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 myth of Sisyphus?
Roughly 46,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).