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How many pages is The Silver Chair?

The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis has a median of 217 pages across 41 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 243 pages.

Median pages
217
41 editions counted
Range
188–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page
Book 4 of The Chronicles of Narnia
Series in order

How long will The Silver Chair 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
3 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002501960198020001953: 224 pages1953: 208 pages1953: 217 pages1953: 208 pages1953: 208 pages1962: 208 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1967: 208 pages1967: 208 pages1970: 217 pages1971: 217 pages1974: 208 pages1975: 206 pages1976: 226 pages1981: 243 pages1986: 208 pages1986: 188 pages1987: 216 pages1987: 191 pages1990: 191 pages1993: 191 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 257 pages1994: 257 pages1996: 191 pages1997: 191 pages1999: 257 pages2000: 243 pages2000: 256 pages2001: 192 pages2001: 272 pages2005: 256 pages2005: 268 pages2006: 256 pages2007: 192 pages2009: 224 pages2009: 256 pages2014: 208 pagesmedian 217
200250197520001953: 224 pages1953: 208 pages1953: 217 pages1953: 208 pages1953: 208 pages1962: 208 pages1965: 217 pages1965: 217 pages1967: 208 pages1967: 208 pages1970: 217 pages1971: 217 pages1974: 208 pages1975: 206 pages1976: 226 pages1981: 243 pages1986: 208 pages1986: 188 pages1987: 216 pages1987: 191 pages1990: 191 pages1993: 191 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 243 pages1994: 257 pages1994: 257 pages1996: 191 pages1997: 191 pages1999: 257 pages2000: 243 pages2000: 256 pages2001: 192 pages2001: 272 pages2005: 256 pages2005: 268 pages2006: 256 pages2007: 192 pages2009: 224 pages2009: 256 pages2014: 208 pagesmedian 217
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover24374 h 17 min
Paperback25044 h 24 min

Editions counted

The 41 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 141 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014HarperCollins Publishers LimitedHardcover208OL28537915M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–224OL28451792M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL29592173M
2007HarperCollins Publishers LimitedHardcover192OL28436099M
2006HarperCollinsHardcover256OL9243021M
2005HarperCollins–256OL7276249M
2005HarperCollinsPaperback268OL9236076M
2001Collins–192OL7261448M

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Questions

How many pages is The Silver Chair?
About 217 pages: that is the median of 41 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 188 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read The Silver Chair?
About 3 h 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Silver Chair?
Roughly 60,000 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).