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How many pages is Things Fall Apart?

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe has a median of 192 pages across 40 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 168 to 200 pages.

Median pages
192
40 editions counted
Range
95–219
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will Things Fall Apart 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
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001502001960198020001958: 185 pages1958: 185 pages1958: 152 pages1959: 215 pages1959: 192 pages1959: 216 pages1959: 192 pages1959: 215 pages1959: 192 pages1962: 150 pages1963: 187 pages1964: 187 pages1965: 200 pages1965: 215 pages1965: 172 pages1966: 187 pages1967: 200 pages1968: 200 pages1969: 192 pages1970: 201 pages1970: 192 pages1971: 191 pages1973: 185 pages1976: 150 pages1976: 150 pages1983: 192 pages1986: 158 pages1988: 192 pages1992: 181 pages1992: 95 pages1994: 152 pages1995: 181 pages2000: 209 pages2001: 152 pages2004: 153 pages2006: 208 pages2006: 206 pages2008: 219 pages2017: 209 pagesmedian 191
1001502001960198020001958: 185 pages1958: 185 pages1958: 152 pages1959: 215 pages1959: 192 pages1959: 216 pages1959: 192 pages1959: 215 pages1959: 192 pages1962: 150 pages1963: 187 pages1964: 187 pages1965: 200 pages1965: 215 pages1965: 172 pages1966: 187 pages1967: 200 pages1968: 200 pages1969: 192 pages1970: 201 pages1970: 192 pages1971: 191 pages1973: 185 pages1976: 150 pages1976: 150 pages1983: 192 pages1986: 158 pages1988: 192 pages1992: 181 pages1992: 95 pages1994: 152 pages1995: 181 pages2000: 209 pages2001: 152 pages2004: 153 pages2006: 208 pages2006: 206 pages2008: 219 pages2017: 209 pagesmedian 191
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
Paperback20693 h 38 min
Mass market19243 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 40 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 94 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Bookspaperback209OL51242967M
2008Hampton-Brown–219OL22543797M
2006Penguin BooksPaperback208OL7358694M
2006awsPaperback206OL7508980M
2004Penguin Bookspaperback153OL48103689M
2001Penguin BooksPaperback152OL7359183M
2000Anchor BooksPaperback209OL9258307M
1995Knopf Doubleday–181OL717853M

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Questions

How many pages is Things Fall Apart?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 40 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 95 to 219 pages.
How long does it take to read Things Fall Apart?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Things Fall Apart?
Roughly 53,000 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)).