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How many pages is The Salmon of Doubt?

The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams has a median of 299 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 291 to 327 pages.

Median pages
299
6 editions counted
Range
287–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
82k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Salmon of Doubt 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
5 h 16 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2803003203402000200520101996: 288 pages2002: 299 pages2002: 299 pages2003: 336 pages2005: 336 pages2012: 287 pagesmedian 299
280300320340200020101996: 288 pages2002: 299 pages2002: 299 pages2003: 336 pages2005: 336 pages2012: 287 pagesmedian 299
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Pan Bookspaperback287OL27630031M
2005Del ReyMass Market Paperback336OL9544207M
2003Ballantine BooksPaperback336OL9705945M
2002Macmillan–299OL22092038M
2002Harmony Books–299OL3559851M
1996Hutchinson–288OL16507931M

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Questions

How many pages is The Salmon of Doubt?
About 299 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 287 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read The Salmon of Doubt?
About 5 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Salmon of Doubt?
Roughly 82,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).