Book · by James Joyce
How many pages is Ulysses?
Ulysses by James Joyce has a median of 763 pages across 187 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 695 to 793 pages.
Median pages
763
187 editions counted
Range
350–1,296
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
210k
at 275 words per page
How long will Ulysses take you?
Reading time
13 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
27 days
At 1 hour a day
14 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 835 | 9 | 14 h 43 min |
| Paperback | 730 | 5 | 12 h 52 min |
Editions counted
The 187 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 14 more editions were 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 612 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penguin Random House | – | 672 | OL33934379M |
| 2022 | Chapbook Press | – | 513 | OL44342922M |
| 2022 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 1,040 | OL33935158M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 539 | OL34286158M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 538 | OL34238473M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 463 | OL34234417M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 820 | OL34243874M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 785 | OL34212485M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 408 | OL34218039M |
| 2021 | Riverrun | – | 592 | OL33913327M |
| 2020 | Darkening Crows Publishing | – | 548 | OL45634970M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 820 | OL29981750M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 680 | OL30033175M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 480 | OL30219807M |
| 2020 | Other Press, LLC | – | 720 | OL29443335M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 480 | OL30230185M |
| 2020 | Other Press, LLC | – | 720 | OL29819605M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 519 | OL30078962M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 659 | OL30277585M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 480 | OL30240859M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 682 | OL34172714M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 562 | OL54933876M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 562 | OL55038599M |
| 2018 | Dover Publications | – | 768 | OL30595724M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 562 | OL55047034M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 630 | OL54934839M |
| 2017 | Alma Classics | – | 832 | OL28689713M |
| 2016 | AD Classic | – | 628 | OL36319523M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 854 | OL29780652M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 854 | OL29732555M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 854 | OL29732530M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 854 | OL29732581M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 708 | OL54962037M |
| 2015 | Alma Classics | – | 880 | OL29255036M |
| 2013 | O'Brien Press, Limited, The | – | 1,056 | OL29159983M |
| 2013 | O'Brien Press, Limited, The | – | 1,056 | OL29161267M |
| 2012 | Alma Classics | – | 878 | OL31302243M |
| 2012 | Music Ireland Publications, c2012. | – | 656 | OL30720460M |
| 2011 | T G S | – | 980 | OL34835782M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 1,296 | OL28470648M |
| 2010 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 737 | OL32040269M |
| 2009 | Echo Library | – | 525 | OL35345262M |
| 2009 | Wilder Publications, Incorporated | – | 556 | OL35463724M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 980 | OL23011402M |
| 2008 | Penguin Random House | – | 672 | OL28435521M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 628 | OL11677496M |
| 2007 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 640 | OL10319055M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 730 | OL11974812M |
| 2004 | Folio Society | – | 735 | OL45634983M |
| 2003 | Borders Classics | Leather-bound | 732 | OL8823707M |
| 2002 | Dover Publications | – | 732 | OL3560213M |
| 2002 | Random House | – | 783 | OL3952527M |
| 2002 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 736 | OL7638781M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 1,296 | OL7359026M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 1,040 | OL7358920M |
| 2000 | Penguin | – | 1,194 | OL22343866M |
| 1998 | Picador | – | 741 | OL23069438M |
| 1998 | Orchises Press | Hardcover | 732 | OL8323815M |
| 1998 | Trans-Atlantic Publications | Paperback | 826 | OL10490769M |
| 1998 | The Folio Society | – | 735 | OL18716726M |
| 1998 | Orchises | – | 732 | OL689334M |
| 1997 | Picador | – | 739 | OL18100563M |
| 1997 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 1,005 | OL7383892M |
| 1997 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 1,136 | OL7699351M |
| 1997 | Lilliput Press | – | 739 | OL86412M |
| 1995 | Viking Penguin | – | 1,040 | OL7349769M |
| 1994 | HarperCollins | Hardcover | 944 | OL7883581M |
| 1994 | Secker & Warburg | – | 776 | OL22779680M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | – | 980 | OL1405350M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 1,076 | OL8998472M |
| 1992 | Penguin | – | 1,194 | OL22827874M |
| 1992 | Bodley Head | – | 719 | OL22775353M |
| 1990 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL2217101M |
| 1988 | Arion Press | Hardcover | 835 | OL25118524M |
| 1986 | Random House | – | 649 | OL45634981M |
| 1986 | Vintage Books | – | 649 | OL18485529M |
| 1986 | Penguin Books, in associatin with The Bodley Head | – | 649 | OL19938128M |
| 1986 | Penguin in association with Bodley Head | – | 649 | OL22470320M |
| 1986 | Penguin in association with Bodley Head | – | 649 | OL22719152M |
| 1986 | Penguin in association with Bodley Head | – | 649 | OL22719208M |
| 1986 | Random House | – | 649 | OL22479247M |
| 1986 | Bodley Head | – | 649 | OL2349700M |
| 1986 | Vintage Books | – | 680 | OL7462647M |
| 1983 | – | – | 784 | OL58636747M |
| 1983 | Oxford University Press | – | 770 | OL43309370M |
| 1982 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 720 | OL24922023M |
| 1982 | Book-of-the-Month Club | Hardcover with slipcase | 680 | OL3074238M |
| 1980 | First edition library | – | 732 | OL23010110M |
| 1979 | Franklin Library | – | 750 | OL45634980M |
| 1979 | Franklin Library | – | 750 | OL42957989M |
| 1978 | Tuttle Publishing | Hardcover | 405 | OL8121763M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 763 | OL4761546M |
| 1978 | Garland Pub. | – | 374 | OL4718377M |
| 1978 | Garland Pub. | – | 380 | OL4724319M |
| 1977 | Garland Pub. | – | 350 | OL4543613M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 822 | OL59089340M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 798 | OL4916592M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 822 | OL59089303M |
| 1975 | Octagon books, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 732 | OL61527764M |
| 1975 | Faber (for) the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation | – | 470 | OL19710603M |
| 1975 | Faber (for) the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation | – | 470 | OL17385254M |
| 1975 | Penguin Books in association with Bodley Head, 1975. | – | 718 | OL22739230M |
| 1975 | Faber (for) the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation | – | 470 | OL19710617M |
| 1975 | Faber (for) the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation | – | 470 | OL19710655M |
| 1969 | Penguin | – | 720 | OL22036093M |
| 1969 | The Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL22290519M |
| 1969 | Penguine Books in association with the Bodley Head | – | 718 | OL18401323M |
| 1968 | Penguin | – | 718 | OL17989609M |
| 1968 | Penguin Books | – | 718 | OL45634950M |
| 1968 | Collectors Publications | – | 933 | OL44604283M |
| 1967 | Bodley Head | – | 954 | OL45634607M |
| 1967 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL45063969M |
| 1966 | Walter Reade Jr./Joseph Strick | – | 808 | OL45634899M |
| 1966 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL21482275M |
| 1966 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL45634978M |
| 1966 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL45634889M |
| 1964 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL22404990M |
| 1962 | Bodley Head | – | 954 | OL45634976M |
| 1961 | Modern Library | – | 783 | OL43768713M |
| 1961 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL24593106M |
| 1961 | [Random House] | – | 783 | OL43756018M |
| 1961 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL43777590M |
| 1961 | random house | – | 802 | OL58659927M |
| 1961 | Random House | – | 783 | OL45634968M |
| 1961 | Vintage Books | – | 783 | OL20936879M |
| 1961 | Random House | – | 783 | OL23757545M |
| 1961 | Modern Library | – | 783 | OL23377788M |
| 1961 | Random House | – | 768 | OL43208465M |
| 1960 | The Bodley Head Ltd | Hardcover | 952 | OL10689271M |
| 1960 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL22165892M |
| 1960 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL13689574M |
| 1960 | Bodley Head | – | 952 | OL13703831M |
| 1960 | Bodley Head | – | 939 | OL60738295M |
| 1960 | william clowes | – | 954 | OL58619893M |
| 1958 | Bodley Head | – | 780 | OL45634967M |
| 1955 | Vintage Books | – | 450 | OL59089302M |
| 1955 | Bodley Head | – | 765 | OL45634958M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL43472712M |
| 1946 | Modern Library | – | 783 | OL43259646M |
| 1946 | The Modern Library | – | 790 | OL59089338M |
| 1946 | Modern Library | – | 767 | OL43240893M |
| 1946 | Random House, Inc. | – | 794 | OL58686495M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL45634955M |
| 1946 | Milestone Editions | – | 726 | OL45634971M |
| 1946 | Milestones Editions | – | 726 | OL27785274M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL6057174M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL43000702M |
| 1946 | Milestone Edition | – | 726 | OL43309017M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL24766648M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 767 | OL23248341M |
| 1946 | Modern Library | – | 767 | OL45634888M |
| 1942 | Modern Library | – | 767 | OL40238656M |
| 1942 | The Modern library | – | 767 | OL22913635M |
| 1940 | Modern Library | – | 767 | OL45634608M |
| 1937 | Bodley Head | – | 765 | OL22576155M |
| 1937 | Random House | – | 767 | OL45634611M |
| 1936 | J. Lane | – | 765 | OL22165883M |
| 1936 | John Lane The Bodley Head | – | 784 | OL37046158M |
| 1936 | John Lane, the Bodley Head | – | 765 | OL44958666M |
| 1935 | Limited Editions Club | – | 363 | OL6332322M |
| 1935 | Odyssey Press | – | 791 | OL45634909M |
| 1934 | Random house | – | 767 | OL6300915M |
| 1934 | the modern library | – | 790 | OL59089343M |
| 1934 | [Random House] | – | 767 | OL44951365M |
| 1932 | Odyssey Press | – | 791 | OL5323806M |
| 1932 | Odyssey Press | – | 791 | OL44667141M |
| 1930 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 735 | OL43657639M |
| 1929 | Shakespeare [i.e. Printed by A. and R. Loewinger for S. and | – | 735 | OL22256776M |
| 1929 | [S. and M. Roth] | – | 735 | OL44942899M |
| 1928 | Shakespeare and company | – | 735 | OL44995441M |
| 1928 | Shakespeare | – | 735 | OL22136640M |
| 1927 | Shakespeare and Co. | – | 735 | OL44995440M |
| 1927 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 735 | OL37046157M |
| 1926 | Shakespeare and company | – | 735 | OL6461453M |
| 1925 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 736 | OL22165870M |
| 1925 | Shakespeare & Co. | – | 736 | OL44995438M |
| 1925 | [Shakespeare and Company] | – | 746 | OL45634974M |
| 1925 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 736 | OL45634884M |
| 1924 | Shakespeare & Co. | – | 736 | OL6461256M |
| 1924 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 758 | OL59089349M |
| 1922 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 732 | OL6238267M |
| 1922 | Shakespeare and Company | – | 741 | OL37046153M |
| 1922 | Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris | – | 732 | OL6652730M |
| 1914 | – | – | 798 | OL58677406M |
| 1914 | random house | – | 788 | OL59089334M |
| – | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 792 | OL29689947M |
| – | [publisher not identified] | – | 644 | OL45634619M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Ulysses?
- About 763 pages: that is the median of 187 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 350 to 1,296 pages.
- How long does it take to read Ulysses?
- About 13 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 27 days.
- How many words is Ulysses?
- Roughly 210,000 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)).