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How many pages is The Screaming Staircase?

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud has a median of 416 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 395 to 450 pages.

Median pages
416
7 editions counted
Range
390–515
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
114k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Screaming Staircase 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
7 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40045050020122014201620182013: 448 pages2013: 400 pages2013: 515 pages2013: 453 pages2014: 390 pages2014: 390 pages2016: 416 pagesmedian 416
4004505002012201520172013: 448 pages2013: 400 pages2013: 515 pages2013: 453 pages2014: 390 pages2014: 390 pages2016: 416 pagesmedian 416
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 20 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Hyperion Books for Children–416OL29735059M
2014Scholastic Inc.–390OL26496047M
2014Disney-Hyperion–390OL28297180M
2013Random House Children's Books–448OL33472869M
2013Disney-Hyperion–400OL26852147M
2013Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning–515OL31158475M
2013Doubleday–453OL26834721M

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Questions

How many pages is The Screaming Staircase?
About 416 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 390 to 515 pages.
How long does it take to read The Screaming Staircase?
About 7 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Screaming Staircase?
Roughly 114,000 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)).