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How many pages is The Runaway Jury?

The Runaway Jury by John Grisham has a median of 496 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 401 to 579 pages.

Median pages
496
11 editions counted
Range
371–704
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
136k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Runaway Jury take you?

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Reading time
8 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006002000200520101996: 640 pages1996: 371 pages1996: 401 pages1996: 401 pages1996: 550 pages1996: 401 pages1997: 608 pages2003: 704 pages2004: 496 pages2006: 464 pages2013: 496 pagesmedian 496
400600200020101996: 640 pages1996: 371 pages1996: 401 pages1996: 401 pages1996: 550 pages1996: 401 pages1997: 608 pages2003: 704 pages2004: 496 pages2006: 464 pages2013: 496 pagesmedian 496
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 82 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Penguin Random House–496OL28453735M
2006Delta–464OL7439484M
2004Arrow Books LtdPaperback496OL9273046M
2003Random House Large Print–704OL7425736M
1997Charnwood–608OL28423644M
1996DoubledayLarge Print640OL20931744M
1996Doubleday–371OL24938561M
1996CENTURYpaperback401OL32779602M

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Questions

How many pages is The Runaway Jury?
About 496 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 371 to 704 pages.
How long does it take to read The Runaway Jury?
About 8 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Runaway Jury?
Roughly 136,000 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)).