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How many pages is The Plot Against America?

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth has a median of 400 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 391 to 416 pages.

Median pages
400
13 editions counted
Range
391–723
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
110k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Plot Against America 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
7 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060020052010201520202004: 391 pages2004: 391 pages2004: 392 pages2004: 391 pages2005: 723 pages2005: 582 pages2005: 723 pages2005: 416 pages2005: 391 pages2010: 400 pages2015: 400 pages2018: 400 pages2020: 391 pagesmedian 400
400600201020202004: 391 pages2004: 391 pages2004: 392 pages2004: 391 pages2005: 723 pages2005: 582 pages2005: 723 pages2005: 416 pages2005: 391 pages2010: 400 pages2015: 400 pages2018: 400 pages2020: 391 pagesmedian 400
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
Hardcover39146 h 54 min
Paperback39246 h 54 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Vintage Internationalpaperback391OL32701285M
2018Penguin Random House–400OL28699821M
2015Penguin Random House–400OL28430945M
2010Penguin Random House–400OL34455123M
2005Thorndike Press–723OL3309689M
2005W.F. Howes–582OL16395247M
2005Thorndike PressHardcover723OL23107934M
2005Vintage (Penguin Random House)Paperback416OL40363741M

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Questions

How many pages is The Plot Against America?
About 400 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 391 to 723 pages.
How long does it take to read The Plot Against America?
About 7 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Plot Against America?
Roughly 110,000 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)).