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How many pages is The Satanic Verses?

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie has a median of 560 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 554 to 561 pages.

Median pages
560
11 editions counted
Range
546–576
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
154k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Satanic Verses 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
9 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

54056058019902000201020201988: 547 pages1988: 566 pages1988: 560 pages1989: 546 pages1992: 547 pages1997: 561 pages1997: 561 pages1997: 561 pages2008: 576 pages2011: 560 pages2025: 560 pagesmedian 560
540560580200020201988: 547 pages1988: 566 pages1988: 560 pages1989: 546 pages1992: 547 pages1997: 561 pages1997: 561 pages1997: 561 pages2008: 576 pages2011: 560 pages2025: 560 pagesmedian 560
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Penguin Random House–560OL60836849M
2011Penguin Random House–560OL34450660M
2008Random House Trade PaperbacksPaperback576OL18534916M
1997Picador USAPaperback561OL9330625M
1997Vintage CanadaTrade Paperback561OL22433504M
1997Henry Holt–561OL655752M
1992The ConsortiumPaperback547OL22051590M
1989VikingPaperback546OL34625896M

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Questions

How many pages is The Satanic Verses?
About 560 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 546 to 576 pages.
How long does it take to read The Satanic Verses?
About 9 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is The Satanic Verses?
Roughly 154,000 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)).