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How many pages is To Have and Have Not?

To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway has a median of 262 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 244 to 262 pages.

Median pages
262
24 editions counted
Range
174–279
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

How long will To Have and Have Not take you?

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Reading time
4 h 37 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

20025019401960198020001937: 262 pages1937: 256 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 276 pages1937: 262 pages1950: 256 pages1955: 206 pages1955: 206 pages1965: 262 pages1965: 262 pages1970: 262 pages1980: 279 pages1983: 262 pages1987: 174 pages1987: 262 pages1990: 262 pages1996: 262 pages1999: 256 pages2002: 175 pages2004: 192 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 262
200250195020001937: 262 pages1937: 256 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 262 pages1937: 276 pages1937: 262 pages1950: 256 pages1955: 206 pages1955: 206 pages1965: 262 pages1965: 262 pages1970: 262 pages1980: 279 pages1983: 262 pages1987: 174 pages1987: 262 pages1990: 262 pages1996: 262 pages1999: 256 pages2002: 175 pages2004: 192 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 262
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 54 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Random House–192OL28625222M
2004Arrow Books–192OL16022131M
2002Scribner–175OL33971676M
1999G.K. Hall–256OL36901M
1996Simon & Schuster–262OL551771M
1990Easton Press–262OL1755680M
1987Scribner–174OL20524769M
1987Collier Books–262OL2384408M

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Questions

How many pages is To Have and Have Not?
About 262 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 174 to 279 pages.
How long does it take to read To Have and Have Not?
About 4 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is To Have and Have Not?
Roughly 72,000 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)).