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Book · by Patricia Highsmith · first published 1993

How many pages is The Price of Salt?

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith has a median of 276 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 262 to 304 pages.

Median pages
276
21 editions counted
Range
212–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Price of Salt 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 52 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.

2002503003501960198020001952: 276 pages1953: 249 pages1958: 212 pages1969: 224 pages1975: 276 pages1984: 276 pages1990: 240 pages1990: 262 pages1991: 276 pages1993: 344 pages1996: 276 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 262 pages2004: 288 pages2004: 304 pages2014: 320 pages2015: 304 pages2015: 304 pages2015: 256 pages2015: 320 pages2019: 352 pagesmedian 276
200250300350197520001952: 276 pages1953: 249 pages1958: 212 pages1969: 224 pages1975: 276 pages1984: 276 pages1990: 240 pages1990: 262 pages1991: 276 pages1993: 344 pages1996: 276 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 262 pages2004: 288 pages2004: 304 pages2014: 320 pages2015: 304 pages2015: 304 pages2015: 256 pages2015: 320 pages2019: 352 pagesmedian 276
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
Hardcover27634 h 52 min
Paperback23624 h 10 min

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 72 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–352OL34571815M
2015Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–304OL28837054M
2015Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–304OL29724114M
2015She Winked Press–256OL38209868M
2015Bloomsbury–320OL28417839M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–320OL33467839M
2004W. W. Norton–262OL22729080M
2004W. W. Norton & Company–288OL7457646M

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Questions

How many pages is The Price of Salt?
About 276 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 212 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read The Price of Salt?
About 4 h 52 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 Price of Salt?
Roughly 76,000 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)).