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How many pages is Travels with Charley?

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck has a median of 254 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 246 to 277 pages.

Median pages
254
29 editions counted
Range
210–330
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Travels with Charley 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
4 h 29 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.

20025030019701980199020001962: 246 pages1962: 290 pages1962: 275 pages1962: 242 pages1962: 246 pages1962: 262 pages1962: 246 pages1962: 290 pages1962: 246 pages1963: 286 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 275 pages1965: 254 pages1968: 275 pages1968: 290 pages1969: 246 pages1973: 246 pages1986: 277 pages1986: 268 pages1986: 330 pages1995: 244 pages1995: 262 pages1997: 244 pages1997: 210 pages1999: 277 pages2001: 240 pages2002: 214 pages2002: 214 pages2004: 302 pagesmedian 254
200250300198020001962: 246 pages1962: 290 pages1962: 275 pages1962: 242 pages1962: 246 pages1962: 262 pages1962: 246 pages1962: 290 pages1962: 246 pages1963: 286 pages1963: 246 pages1963: 275 pages1965: 254 pages1968: 275 pages1968: 290 pages1969: 246 pages1973: 246 pages1986: 277 pages1986: 268 pages1986: 330 pages1995: 244 pages1995: 262 pages1997: 244 pages1997: 210 pages1999: 277 pages2001: 240 pages2002: 214 pages2002: 214 pages2004: 302 pagesmedian 254
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 78 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004the folio society–302OL59083467M
2002Penguin Books–214OL3955107M
2002Penguin Bookslibrary binding214OL35714440M
2001Penguin Books Ltd–240OL7359139M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding277OL7973928M
1997Arrow–244OL22361453M
1997Penguin Books–210OL972911M
1995Mandarin–244OL22626773M

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Questions

How many pages is Travels with Charley?
About 254 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 210 to 330 pages.
How long does it take to read Travels with Charley?
About 4 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Travels with Charley?
Roughly 70,000 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)).