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How many pages is The Night Circus?

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern has a median of 512 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 507 to 524 pages.

Median pages
512
7 editions counted
Range
384–607
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
141k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Night Circus 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
9 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005006002011201220132014201520162011: 607 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 512 pages2011: 516 pages2012: 502 pages2012: 533 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 512
4005006002012201420162011: 607 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 512 pages2011: 516 pages2012: 502 pages2012: 533 pages2016: 512 pagesmedian 512
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Penguin Random House–512OL33606530M
2012Vintage Books–502OL43146591M
2012Anchor Books–533OL25368703M
2011Center Point Large Print–607OL25086657M
2011Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–384OL60866158M
2011Penguin Random House–512OL33390399M
2011DoubledayHardcover516OL24983156M

Questions

How many pages is The Night Circus?
About 512 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 384 to 607 pages.
How long does it take to read The Night Circus?
About 9 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is The Night Circus?
Roughly 141,000 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)).