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Book · by Philip K. Dick · first published 1969

How many pages is Ubik?

Ubik by Philip K. Dick has a median of 208 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 202 to 224 pages.

Median pages
208
13 editions counted
Range
160–301
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ubik 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 40 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.

150200250300197019801990200020101969: 202 pages1969: 202 pages1970: 208 pages1970: 202 pages1970: 202 pages1977: 212 pages1979: 202 pages1991: 216 pages2000: 224 pages2001: 301 pages2012: 227 pages2012: 224 pages2012: 160 pagesmedian 208
150200250300198020001969: 202 pages1969: 202 pages1970: 208 pages1970: 202 pages1970: 202 pages1977: 212 pages1979: 202 pages1991: 216 pages2000: 224 pages2001: 301 pages2012: 227 pages2012: 224 pages2012: 160 pagesmedian 208
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 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 68 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Mariner Books–227OL25115776M
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–224OL29630903M
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–160OL29630906M
2001G.K. Hall–301OL3949037M
2000GollanczPaperback224OL9002759M
1991Vintage Books–216OL22396140M
1979Gregg Press–202OL4402713M
1977Bantam BooksUnknown Binding212OL7817292M

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Questions

How many pages is Ubik?
About 208 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 301 pages.
How long does it take to read Ubik?
About 3 h 40 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Ubik?
Roughly 57,000 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)).