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How many pages is The Problem of Pain?

The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis has a median of 148 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 148 pages.

Median pages
148
25 editions counted
Range
125–162
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.9h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
41k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Problem of Pain take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

12014016019401960198020001940: 148 pages1942: 148 pages1943: 148 pages1943: 148 pages1944: 148 pages1947: 148 pages1948: 148 pages1948: 148 pages1953: 148 pages1956: 148 pages1956: 148 pages1957: 148 pages1959: 148 pages1961: 148 pages1965: 148 pages1966: 160 pages1967: 148 pages1973: 148 pages1977: 125 pages1978: 160 pages1996: 144 pages2001: 162 pages2001: 162 pages2004: 160 pagesmedian 148
1201401601950197520001940: 148 pages1942: 148 pages1943: 148 pages1943: 148 pages1944: 148 pages1947: 148 pages1948: 148 pages1948: 148 pages1953: 148 pages1956: 148 pages1956: 148 pages1957: 148 pages1959: 148 pages1961: 148 pages1965: 148 pages1966: 160 pages1967: 148 pages1973: 148 pages1977: 125 pages1978: 160 pages1996: 144 pages2001: 162 pages2001: 162 pages2004: 160 pagesmedian 148
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 51 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Kessinger PublishingPaperback160OL8464543M
2001HarperSanFrancisco–162OL6789551M
2001HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersPaperback162OL25896866M
1996Touchstone BooksPaperback144OL7721332M
1978Scribner Paper Fiction–160OL7265321M
1977Collins–125OL15463065M
1973Macmillan–148OL16582606M
1967Collins–148OL15000587M

More by C. S. Lewis

All 21 books by C. S. Lewis with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Problem of Pain?
About 148 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 125 to 162 pages.
How long does it take to read The Problem of Pain?
About 2 h 51 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Problem of Pain?
Roughly 41,000 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)).