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Book · by Ernest Hemingway · first published 1982

How many pages is The Sun Also Rises?

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway has a median of 250 pages across 68 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 240 to 260 pages.

Median pages
250
68 editions counted
Range
132–408
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
69k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Sun Also Rises 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
4 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

100200300400194019601980200020201926: 259 pages1926: 278 pages1926: 259 pages1927: 259 pages1928: 259 pages1930: 259 pages1930: 259 pages1932: 292 pages1941: 286 pages1953: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1956: 247 pages1970: 247 pages1970: 247 pages1970: 224 pages1972: 206 pages1976: 206 pages1977: 247 pages1977: 285 pages1979: 287 pages1982: 247 pages1983: 305 pages1983: 247 pages1984: 248 pages1984: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1988: 247 pages1990: 259 pages1992: 256 pages1992: 256 pages1994: 206 pages1994: 218 pages1994: 310 pages2002: 228 pages2003: 251 pages2004: 216 pages2006: 251 pages2006: 256 pages2007: 251 pages2013: 250 pages2013: 132 pages2013: 206 pages2014: 228 pages2014: 320 pages2014: 320 pages2015: 214 pages2016: 222 pages2017: 408 pages2017: 292 pages2017: 406 pages2018: 204 pages2018: 254 pages2018: 188 pages2019: 349 pages2020: 244 pages2020: 271 pages2020: 212 pages2020: 271 pages2022: 256 pages2022: 256 pages2022: 264 pages2022: 272 pages2022: 252 pages2022: 208 pagesmedian 250
100200300400195020001926: 259 pages1926: 278 pages1926: 259 pages1927: 259 pages1928: 259 pages1930: 259 pages1930: 259 pages1932: 292 pages1941: 286 pages1953: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1954: 247 pages1956: 247 pages1970: 247 pages1970: 247 pages1970: 224 pages1972: 206 pages1976: 206 pages1977: 247 pages1977: 285 pages1979: 287 pages1982: 247 pages1983: 305 pages1983: 247 pages1984: 248 pages1984: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1988: 247 pages1990: 259 pages1992: 256 pages1992: 256 pages1994: 206 pages1994: 218 pages1994: 310 pages2002: 228 pages2003: 251 pages2004: 216 pages2006: 251 pages2006: 256 pages2007: 251 pages2013: 250 pages2013: 132 pages2013: 206 pages2014: 228 pages2014: 320 pages2014: 320 pages2015: 214 pages2016: 222 pages2017: 408 pages2017: 292 pages2017: 406 pages2018: 204 pages2018: 254 pages2018: 188 pages2019: 349 pages2020: 244 pages2020: 271 pages2020: 212 pages2020: 271 pages2022: 256 pages2022: 256 pages2022: 264 pages2022: 272 pages2022: 252 pages2022: 208 pagesmedian 250
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover24734 h 21 min
Paperback24844 h 22 min

Editions counted

The 68 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 13 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 215 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Clydesdale Press, LLC–256OL34184182M
2022Penguin Publishing Group–256OL34192993M
2022Clydesdale Press, LLC–264OL34174219M
2022Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–272OL34990053M
2022Murine Publications LLC–252OL36761013M
2022Dover Publications, Incorporated–208OL33940215M
2020Independently Published–244OL34177960M
2020Independently Published–271OL34167621M

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Questions

How many pages is The Sun Also Rises?
About 250 pages: that is the median of 68 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 132 to 408 pages.
How long does it take to read The Sun Also Rises?
About 4 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Sun Also Rises?
Roughly 69,000 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)).