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Book · by John le Carré · first published 1993

How many pages is The Night Manager?

The Night Manager by John le Carré has a median of 480 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 429 to 483 pages.

Median pages
480
13 editions counted
Range
300–751
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Night Manager 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
8 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600800199520002005201020151993: 429 pages1993: 429 pages1993: 443 pages1993: 751 pages1994: 480 pages1994: 443 pages1995: 706 pages1997: 429 pages2004: 480 pages2008: 300 pages2014: 480 pages2016: 483 pages2016: 483 pagesmedian 480
400600800200020101993: 429 pages1993: 429 pages1993: 443 pages1993: 751 pages1994: 480 pages1994: 443 pages1995: 706 pages1997: 429 pages2004: 480 pages2008: 300 pages2014: 480 pages2016: 483 pages2016: 483 pagesmedian 480
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 39 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016––483OL28227699M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–483OL34549605M
2014Penguin Books, Limited–480OL33291701M
2008Hodder & Stoughton–300OL34495524M
2004Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback480OL9732771M
1997Ballantine BooksPaperback429OL9607957M
1995Thorpe–706OL21133121M
1994Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback480OL9365785M

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Questions

How many pages is The Night Manager?
About 480 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 751 pages.
How long does it take to read The Night Manager?
About 8 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Night Manager?
Roughly 132,000 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)).