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How many pages is The Passage?

The Passage by Justin Cronin has a median of 861 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 784 to 977 pages.

Median pages
861
13 editions counted
Range
733โ€“1,265
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
15h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
237k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Passage 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
15 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
31 days
At 1 hour a day
16 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

8001,0001,200201020122014201620182010: 1,181 pages2010: 733 pages2010: 766 pages2010: 1,265 pages2010: 766 pages2012: 977 pages2012: 977 pages2012: 894 pages2012: 784 pages2018: 785 pages2018: 785 pages2018: 861 pages2019: 977 pagesmedian 861
8001,0001,200201020152010: 1,181 pages2010: 733 pages2010: 766 pages2010: 1,265 pages2010: 766 pages2012: 977 pages2012: 977 pages2012: 894 pages2012: 784 pages2018: 785 pages2018: 785 pages2018: 861 pages2019: 977 pagesmedian 861
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover1,181320 h 49 min
Paperback785813 h 50 min
Mass market878215 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 47 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019OrionPaperback977OL29419710M
2018Anchor CanadaPaperback785OL39480793M
2018Bantam Books Trade PaperbacksPaperback785OL39480767M
2018Ballantine Booksmass market paperback861OL28111703M
2012OrionPaperback977OL39480772M
2012OrionPaperback977OL29132156M
2012Ballantine BooksMass Market Paperback894OL25842688M
2012Ballantine Books Trade PaperbacksPaperback784OL39480788M

Questions

How many pages is The Passage?
About 861 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 733 to 1,265 pages.
How long does it take to read The Passage?
About 15 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 31 days.
How many words is The Passage?
Roughly 237,000 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)).