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How many pages is The Summons?

The Summons by John Grisham has a median of 386 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 349 to 442 pages.

Median pages
386
10 editions counted
Range
304–464
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Summons 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
6 h 49 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300400200220052007201020122002: 373 pages2002: 341 pages2002: 373 pages2002: 464 pages2002: 456 pages2002: 464 pages2005: 304 pages2007: 400 pages2013: 400 pagesmedian 386
300400200520102002: 373 pages2002: 341 pages2002: 373 pages2002: 464 pages2002: 456 pages2002: 464 pages2005: 304 pages2007: 400 pages2013: 400 pagesmedian 386
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Penguin Random House–400OL28445510M
2007Arrow Books Ltd–400OL7317335M
2005Delta–304OL7439480M
2002Dell Book–373OL24959489M
2002Doubleday–341OL3956022M
2002Dell Book–373OL22154268M
2002Random House Large Print–464OL7425679M
2002Random House–456OL3952641M

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Questions

How many pages is The Summons?
About 386 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 304 to 464 pages.
How long does it take to read The Summons?
About 6 h 49 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Summons?
Roughly 106,000 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)).