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How many pages is The Party?

The Party by Christopher Pike has a median of 224 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 215 to 224 pages.

Median pages
224
5 editions counted
Range
212–224
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 Party 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.

210220230198819901992199419961988: 212 pages1989: 224 pages1991: 215 pages1997: 224 pages1997: 224 pagesmedian 224
210220230199019951988: 212 pages1989: 224 pages1991: 215 pages1997: 224 pages1997: 224 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 9 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1997Simon PulsePaperback224OL7644626M
1997Archway PaperbacksMass Market Paperback224OL7667869M
1991Hodder and Stoughton–215OL22571627M
1989Simon PulsePaperback224OL7662213M
1988An Archway Paperbackpaperback212OL31369753M

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Questions

How many pages is The Party?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 212 to 224 pages.
How long does it take to read The Party?
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 Party?
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)).