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Book · by Kazuo Ishiguro · first published 1994

How many pages is The Remains of the Day?

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro has a median of 245 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 245 to 268 pages.

Median pages
245
19 editions counted
Range
245–444
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
67k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Remains of the Day 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 19 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

3004001990200020101989: 245 pages1989: 245 pages1989: 245 pages1989: 258 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 444 pages1993: 245 pages1993: 245 pages1996: 258 pages1998: 245 pages1999: 258 pages1999: 272 pages2001: 245 pages2005: 272 pages2011: 272 pages2012: 264 pages2015: 272 pagesmedian 245
3004001990200020101989: 245 pages1989: 245 pages1989: 245 pages1989: 258 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 245 pages1990: 444 pages1993: 245 pages1993: 245 pages1996: 258 pages1998: 245 pages1999: 258 pages1999: 272 pages2001: 245 pages2005: 272 pages2011: 272 pages2012: 264 pages2015: 272 pagesmedian 245
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 87 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Faber & Faber, Limited–272OL28558324M
2012Everyman–264OL28484053M
2011Faber and Faberpaperback272OL34455666M
2005Faber & Faber, Limitedpaperback272OL28443817M
2001Tandem Library–245OL7587161M
1999Faber and FaberPaperback258OL7857432M
1999Faber & Faber, Limited–272OL34412114M
1998Faber & FaberHardcover245OL7856713M

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Questions

How many pages is The Remains of the Day?
About 245 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 245 to 444 pages.
How long does it take to read The Remains of the Day?
About 4 h 19 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Remains of the Day?
Roughly 67,000 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)).