Book · by Jeffrey Eugenides
How many pages is The Virgin Suicides?
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides has a median of 249 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 249 to 254 pages.
Median pages
249
6 editions counted
Range
249–355
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Virgin Suicides take you?
Reading time
4 h 23 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.
Editions counted
The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Picador Modern Classics | Hardcover | 355 | OL27269309M |
| 2000 | Grand Central Pub. | – | 249 | OL24930499M |
| 1994 | Warner Books | – | 249 | OL1428917M |
| 1993 | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | – | 249 | OL29572003M |
| 1993 | Bloomsbury | – | 256 | OL17391057M |
| 1993 | Farrar Straus Giroux | – | 249 | OL1729148M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Virgin Suicides?
- About 249 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 249 to 355 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Virgin Suicides?
- About 4 h 23 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 Virgin Suicides?
- Roughly 68,000 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)).