Book · by Лев Толстой · first published 1970
How many pages is War and Peace?
War and Peace by Лев Толстой has a median of 884 pages across 156 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 618 to 1,296 pages.
Median pages
884
156 editions counted
Range
370–1,738
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
16h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
243k
at 275 words per page
How long will War and Peace take you?
Reading time
15 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
32 days
At 1 hour a day
16 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 | 812 | 13 | 14 h 19 min |
| Paperback | 592 | 21 | 10 h 26 min |
Editions counted
The 156 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 13 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 647 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 414 | OL33924326M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 542 | OL34198494M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 542 | OL34241647M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 530 | OL34182129M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 804 | OL29992011M |
| 2018 | Independently Published | – | 809 | OL41080691M |
| 2018 | Franklin Classics | hardcover | 836 | OL32260445M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 646 | OL40899314M |
| 2017 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 1,152 | OL29764112M |
| 2017 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 592 | OL37866282M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 792 | OL40752694M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 828 | OL35262590M |
| 2017 | Penguin Random House | – | 1,296 | OL28608689M |
| 2017 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,392 | OL28634978M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 498 | OL47697033M |
| 2016 | Penguin Random House | – | 1,008 | OL28581024M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,288 | OL29732413M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,288 | OL29732713M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,288 | OL29732557M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,288 | OL29781668M |
| 2016 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 624 | OL33086667M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 1,296 | OL34030816M |
| 2015 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 1,296 | OL34529075M |
| 2014 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 1,400 | OL29223255M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 590 | OL39803725M |
| 2012 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 1,040 | OL29665193M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 388 | OL34435484M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 386 | OL34434666M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 632 | OL34429221M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 640 | OL34429212M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 632 | OL34429219M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 640 | OL34429213M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 644 | OL34429214M |
| 2009 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 464 | OL34424405M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 644 | OL34429217M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 632 | OL34429218M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 632 | OL34429220M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 1,296 | OL28447081M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 640 | OL34429211M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 640 | OL34429210M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 644 | OL34429216M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 644 | OL34429215M |
| 2009 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 472 | OL34426401M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 668 | OL34431371M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,344 | OL23159145M |
| 2008 | Vintage Classics | – | 1,273 | OL23213727M |
| 2008 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 912 | OL28743550M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 564 | OL11652677M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 676 | OL9471660M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 584 | OL11652676M |
| 2007 | Ecco | Hardcover | 896 | OL9244964M |
| 2007 | Harper Perennial | – | 884 | OL21192691M |
| 2007 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 1,008 | OL34412070M |
| 2007 | HARPERPERENNIAL | – | 884 | OL19562179M |
| 2007 | Signet Classics | Paperback | 1,456 | OL10274278M |
| 2007 | Ecco | Hardcover | 912 | OL9544246M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 580 | OL11652675M |
| 2007 | Alfred A. Knopf | – | 1,273 | OL13638431M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 1,408 | OL22245654M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 576 | OL11680813M |
| 2006 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 1,200 | OL8870160M |
| 2006 | Viking | – | 1,412 | OL3422105M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 588 | OL11680814M |
| 2006 | Penguin Classics | – | 1,424 | OL7361811M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 592 | OL11680815M |
| 2006 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 432 | OL10502508M |
| 2005 | PENGUIN BOOKS | – | 1,392 | OL19384785M |
| 2004 | Modern Library | Mass Market Paperback | 1,424 | OL9790641M |
| 2004 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Turtleback | 1,388 | OL10944192M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 672 | OL11646100M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 468 | OL11646101M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 468 | OL11646102M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 560 | OL11646103M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 672 | OL11646099M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 560 | OL11646104M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 1,424 | OL7427614M |
| 2001 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 1,024 | OL12562018M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 434 | OL10502509M |
| 2000 | Konemann | Hardcover | 1,500 | OL9015195M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 387 | OL7384027M |
| 1997 | Penguin | – | 1,352 | OL22579016M |
| 1997 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 992 | OL8978440M |
| 1996 | Norton | – | 1,185 | OL1104202M |
| 1994 | Modern Library | – | 1,386 | OL1427674M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Editions | – | 553 | OL22602126M |
| 1992 | David Campbell | – | 537 | OL22380295M |
| 1992 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 812 | OL11611352M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 600 | OL1744062M |
| 1991 | Time Warner Libraries | Hardcover | 1,216 | OL8676674M |
| 1991 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,344 | OL1872357M |
| 1990 | Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. | – | 696 | OL1978894M |
| 1988 | Greenwich House | Hardcover | 1,334 | OL7685748M |
| 1985 | Oxford Univ Pr | – | 1,738 | OL7382164M |
| 1984 | Franklin Library | – | 1,428 | OL2943125M |
| 1983 | The Modern Library | – | 1,136 | OL3163606M |
| 1983 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,346 | OL3494180M |
| 1983 | Oxford University Press | – | 1,346 | OL22360793M |
| 1982 | Greenwich House | – | 1,334 | OL3495539M |
| 1981 | Franklin Library | – | 1,245 | OL3121791M |
| 1980 | Paperback | 656 | OL7647242M | |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 1,443 | OL22121314M |
| 1976 | Crowell | – | 1,315 | OL4878403M |
| 1976 | Biblio Distribution Centre | Hardcover | 444 | OL10276909M |
| 1976 | Biblio Distribution Centre | Hardcover | 480 | OL10276911M |
| 1976 | Ulverscroft Large Print Bks. | – | 523 | OL22614625M |
| 1974 | Scholastic Book Services | – | 512 | OL24223361M |
| 1974 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 715 | OL34416565M |
| 1974 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 711 | OL34412422M |
| 1972 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 715 | OL34426488M |
| 1972 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 712 | OL34422492M |
| 1971 | Heinemann | – | 1,315 | OL34416615M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | – | 469 | OL22381041M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | – | 428 | OL22381063M |
| 1970 | Biblio Distribution Centre | Hardcover | 372 | OL10276910M |
| 1969 | Penguin | – | 1,444 | OL5263583M |
| 1968 | New American Library | – | 1,456 | OL5622091M |
| 1966 | W.W. Norton | – | 1,484 | OL15247616M |
| 1966 | W.W. Norton | – | 1,484 | OL21354302M |
| 1966 | Norton | – | 1,484 | OL20169927M |
| 1966 | W. W. Norton | – | 1,484 | OL5982192M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 1,444 | OL20169895M |
| 1962 | Modern Library | – | 1,136 | OL17776954M |
| 1961 | Heinemann | – | 1,146 | OL20954806M |
| 1961 | Heinemann | – | 1,146 | OL19934278M |
| 1960 | McGraw-Hill | – | 1,146 | OL5853882M |
| 1956 | Bantam Books | – | 625 | OL6201174M |
| 1955 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 696 | OL21142774M |
| 1955 | International collectors library | – | 696 | OL44650398M |
| 1955 | Encyclopædia Britannica | – | 696 | OL6178260M |
| 1955 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 512 | OL26690620M |
| 1952 | Encylopaedia Britanica | – | 696 | OL13726937M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 696 | OL27107876M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 696 | OL22231244M |
| 1950 | The Modern Library | – | 1,136 | OL13627925M |
| 1950 | [Random House | – | 1,136 | OL6215393M |
| 1949 | Winston | – | 741 | OL6050786M |
| 1947 | Gallimard | – | 1,654 | OL16031498M |
| 1942 | Simon and Schuster | – | 370 | OL20937619M |
| 1942 | Macmillan | – | 1,352 | OL32152950M |
| 1942 | Simon and Schuster | – | 1,370 | OL6443739M |
| 1942 | Simon and Schuster | – | 1,361 | OL43778893M |
| 1942 | Simon and Schuster | – | 1,370 | OL15233414M |
| 1941 | Oxford University | – | 564 | OL45061018M |
| 1940 | Carlton House | – | 1,146 | OL6058901M |
| 1939 | Dent | – | 469 | OL22400924M |
| 1931 | The Modern Library | – | 1,146 | OL40246328M |
| 1931 | Modern Library | – | 1,136 | OL7461720M |
| 1931 | Modern Library | – | 1,146 | OL6764820M |
| 1930 | Carlton House | – | 1,146 | OL22190640M |
| 1911 | John Lane Company | – | 1,536 | OL6531567M |
| 1911 | Heinemann | – | 1,146 | OL19777262M |
| 1900 | Modern Library | – | 1,136 | OL14421648M |
| 1900 | Milestone Editions | – | 1,116 | OL22074137M |
| 1900 | Carlton House | – | 1,146 | OL26401289M |
| 1864 | Random House | – | 1,136 | OL40243079M |
| – | Blue Ribbon Books | – | 537 | OL24274705M |
More by Лев Толстой
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Questions
- How many pages is War and Peace?
- About 884 pages: that is the median of 156 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 370 to 1,738 pages.
- How long does it take to read War and Peace?
- About 15 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 32 days.
- How many words is War and Peace?
- Roughly 243,000 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)).