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How many pages is The Notebook?

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks has a median of 258 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 236 to 268 pages.

Median pages
258
16 editions counted
Range
214–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
71k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Notebook 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
4 h 33 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2252502752000200520101996: 214 pages1996: 261 pages1996: 261 pages1996: 268 pages1996: 267 pages1999: 256 pages1999: 272 pages2004: 224 pages2004: 239 pages2006: 272 pages2007: 240 pages2008: 268 pages2011: 224 pages2012: 288 pages2014: 225 pages2014: 240 pagesmedian 258
225250275200020101996: 214 pages1996: 261 pages1996: 261 pages1996: 268 pages1996: 267 pages1999: 256 pages1999: 272 pages2004: 224 pages2004: 239 pages2006: 272 pages2007: 240 pages2008: 268 pages2011: 224 pages2012: 288 pages2014: 225 pages2014: 240 pagesmedian 258
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 53 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014––225OL28297420M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–240OL33540090M
2012Grand Central Publishing–288OL33998403M
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–224OL33423476M
2008Thorndike PressHardcover268OL11686876M
2007Little, Brown Book Group Limited–240OL29015743M
2006Grand Central PublishingPaperback272OL7980868M
2004Warner BooksMass Market Paperback224OL9862114M

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Questions

How many pages is The Notebook?
About 258 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 214 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read The Notebook?
About 4 h 33 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Notebook?
Roughly 71,000 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)).