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How many pages is Welcome to the Monkey House?

Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut has a median of 308 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 298 to 320 pages.

Median pages
308
11 editions counted
Range
285–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
85k
at 275 words per page

How long will Welcome to the Monkey House 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
5 h 26 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

300350400197019801990200020101968: 308 pages1968: 298 pages1969: 298 pages1970: 308 pages1972: 285 pages1972: 298 pages1981: 302 pages1988: 308 pages1998: 352 pages1998: 331 pages2014: 416 pagesmedian 308
300350400198020001968: 308 pages1968: 298 pages1969: 298 pages1970: 308 pages1972: 285 pages1972: 298 pages1981: 302 pages1988: 308 pages1998: 352 pages1998: 331 pages2014: 416 pagesmedian 308
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Dial Press Trade Paperbackpaperback416OL27546417M
1998The Dial Press–352OL7439282M
1998Delta Trade Paperbacks–331OL17134539M
1988Dell Pub. Co.–308OL16171902M
1981Franklin Library–302OL3208433M
1972Panther–285OL15080899M
1972Delacorte Press–298OL19738850M
1970Dell–308OL23743359M

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Questions

How many pages is Welcome to the Monkey House?
About 308 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 285 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read Welcome to the Monkey House?
About 5 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Welcome to the Monkey House?
Roughly 85,000 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)).