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Book · by Stephen King · first published 1984

How many pages is Thinner?

Thinner by Stephen King has a median of 318 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 311 to 352 pages.

Median pages
318
14 editions counted
Range
288–432
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
87k
at 275 words per page

How long will Thinner 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
5 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

3003504004501990200020101984: 309 pages1985: 318 pages1985: 318 pages1985: 309 pages1986: 396 pages1986: 318 pages1988: 288 pages1991: 352 pages1995: 318 pages1996: 318 pages2007: 352 pages2016: 400 pages2016: 432 pagesmedian 318
30035040045020001984: 309 pages1985: 318 pages1985: 318 pages1985: 309 pages1986: 396 pages1986: 318 pages1988: 288 pages1991: 352 pages1995: 318 pages1996: 318 pages2007: 352 pages2016: 400 pages2016: 432 pagesmedian 318
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
Paperback30935 h 27 min
Mass market31845 h 36 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 63 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Scribner–400OL34024228M
2016Pocket BooksMass Market Paperback432OL26799540M
2007Hodder & Stoughton–352OL53245178M
1996Signetmass market paperback318OL7573892M
1995Signet–318OL22294780M
1991New English Librarypaperback352OL53017360M
1988New English Librarypaperback288OL32312068M
1986G.K. Hall–396OL2543232M

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Questions

How many pages is Thinner?
About 318 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 288 to 432 pages.
How long does it take to read Thinner?
About 5 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Thinner?
Roughly 87,000 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)).