Book · by C. S. Lewis · first published 1962
How many pages is The Screwtape Letters?
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis has a median of 160 pages across 35 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 147 to 160 pages.
How long will The Screwtape Letters take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 144 | 4 | 2 h 33 min |
| Paperback | 160 | 3 | 2 h 49 min |
| Mass market | 144 | 2 | 2 h 32 min |
Editions counted
The 35 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 88 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 150 | OL30069364M |
| 2013 | HarperOne, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | – | 223 | OL26921713M |
| 2001 | Harper San Francisco | – | 224 | OL7261910M |
| 2001 | HarperOne | Paperback | 209 | OL7279967M |
| 1998 | Chivers | – | 144 | OL22005177M |
| 1996 | Barbour Publishing, Incorporated | Mass Market Paperback | 128 | OL8599877M |
| 1995 | Barbour Publishing, Incorporated | Hardcover | 156 | OL8599825M |
| 1992 | Barbour Publishing, Incorporated | Mass Market Paperback | 160 | OL8599734M |
| 1990 | Barbour Publishing, Incorporated | Paperback | 160 | OL8599679M |
| 1990 | ISIS | – | 120 | OL22633382M |
| 1988 | Signet | – | 160 | OL7589531M |
| 1983 | Collins | Paperback | 160 | OL19993818M |
| 1983 | John Curley & Assoc | Hardcover | 160 | OL9896750M |
| 1982 | Collins | – | 133 | OL22332414M |
| 1982 | Bantam | – | 93 | OL23985562M |
| 1980 | Fortress Pr | Hardcover | 133 | OL7843211M |
| 1979 | Putnam Pub Group | Hardcover | 133 | OL7773063M |
| 1976 | Lord and King Associates | – | 106 | OL4887057M |
| 1962 | Scribner Paper Fiction | – | 172 | OL7265322M |
| 1961 | Macmillan Publishing Company | – | 172 | OL7265323M |
| 1959 | Macmillan Co. | – | 160 | OL24953413M |
| 1957 | Macmillan | – | 160 | OL18378288M |
| 1954 | Fortress Press | – | 133 | OL4103992M |
| 1954 | Geoffrey Bles | – | 160 | OL6885737M |
| 1953 | Macmillan | – | 160 | OL22338357M |
| 1950 | The Macmillan company | – | 160 | OL13526217M |
| 1948 | Saunders | – | 160 | OL20087215M |
| 1946 | Bles | – | 160 | OL23783678M |
| 1945 | Saunders | – | 160 | OL20977785M |
| 1945 | Macmillan | – | 160 | OL16383448M |
| 1944 | The Macmillan company | – | 160 | OL6465638M |
| 1943 | The Macmillan company | – | 160 | OL26882942M |
| 1942 | Geoffrey Bles | – | 160 | OL27095972M |
| 1942 | G. Bles, Centauri Press | – | 160 | OL21706193M |
| 1942 | G. Bles | – | 160 | OL21191644M |
More by C. S. Lewis
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Questions
- How many pages is The Screwtape Letters?
- About 160 pages: that is the median of 35 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 93 to 224 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Screwtape Letters?
- About 2 h 49 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is The Screwtape Letters?
- Roughly 44,000 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)).