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How many pages is The Winter of Our Discontent?

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck has a median of 294 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 281 to 311 pages.

Median pages
294
18 editions counted
Range
276–407
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
81k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Winter of Our Discontent take you?

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Reading time
5 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30035040019701980199020001961: 281 pages1961: 281 pages1961: 311 pages1961: 330 pages1961: 311 pages1969: 311 pages1970: 298 pages1971: 366 pages1983: 311 pages1984: 290 pages1986: 358 pages1988: 281 pages1996: 288 pages1996: 276 pages1999: 276 pages2000: 276 pages2002: 407 pages2008: 291 pagesmedian 294
300350400198020001961: 281 pages1961: 281 pages1961: 311 pages1961: 330 pages1961: 311 pages1969: 311 pages1970: 298 pages1971: 366 pages1983: 311 pages1984: 290 pages1986: 358 pages1988: 281 pages1996: 288 pages1996: 276 pages1999: 276 pages2000: 276 pages2002: 407 pages2008: 291 pagesmedian 294
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 55 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Penguin Books–291OL18518424M
2002G.K. Hall–407OL3953625M
2000Penguin–276OL16306606M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding276OL9588775M
1996Penguin ClassicsPaperback288OL9304501M
1996Penguin Books–276OL18792177M
1988Easton Press–281OL1940623M
1986Penguin Books–358OL2718955M

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Questions

How many pages is The Winter of Our Discontent?
About 294 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 276 to 407 pages.
How long does it take to read The Winter of Our Discontent?
About 5 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Winter of Our Discontent?
Roughly 81,000 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)).