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How many pages is The next person you meet in Heaven?

The next person you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom has a median of 224 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 256 pages.

Median pages
224
7 editions counted
Range
213–300
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will The next person you meet in Heaven 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
3 h 57 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250300201720182019202020212017: 224 pages2018: 213 pages2018: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 300 pages2021: 288 pagesmedian 224
200250300201820202017: 224 pages2018: 213 pages2018: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 300 pages2021: 288 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021HarperCollins Canada, Limited–288OL30062152M
2019HarperCollins Publishers–224OL28914062M
2019Little, Brown Book Group Limited–224OL29418756M
2019DE LA LOUPEpaperback300OL36671668M
2018Harper–213OL26962407M
2018HarperLuxe–224OL28929895M
2017Little, Brown Book Group Limited–224OL28689442M

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Questions

How many pages is The next person you meet in Heaven?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 213 to 300 pages.
How long does it take to read The next person you meet in Heaven?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The next person you meet in Heaven?
Roughly 62,000 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)).