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How many pages is The Stepford Wives?

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin has a median of 159 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 145 to 191 pages.

Median pages
159
13 editions counted
Range
116–300
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
44k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Stepford Wives 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
2 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

10020030019801990200020101972: 159 pages1972: 145 pages1972: 164 pages1972: 145 pages1973: 159 pages1973: 205 pages1973: 191 pages1973: 160 pages1994: 159 pages2000: 116 pages2002: 123 pages2004: 195 pages2011: 300 pagesmedian 159
100200300198020001972: 159 pages1972: 145 pages1972: 164 pages1972: 145 pages1973: 159 pages1973: 205 pages1973: 191 pages1973: 160 pages1994: 159 pages2000: 116 pages2002: 123 pages2004: 195 pages2011: 300 pagesmedian 159
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
Hardcover14522 h 33 min
Mass market19323 h 24 min

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Little, Brown Book Group Limited–300OL33429815M
2004HarperTorchMass Market Paperback195OL35716362M
2002Perennial–123OL3560059M
2000Bloomsbury–116OL15482057M
1994Signet–159OL17261018M
1973Sander–159OL20413951M
1973G. K. Hall–205OL5292983M
1973Fawcett PublicationsMass Market Paperback191OL28039134M

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Questions

How many pages is The Stepford Wives?
About 159 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 116 to 300 pages.
How long does it take to read The Stepford Wives?
About 2 h 48 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 Stepford Wives?
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)).