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How many pages is Why I am not a Christian?

Why I am not a Christian by Bertrand Russell has a median of 240 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 225 to 264 pages.

Median pages
240
6 editions counted
Range
225–266
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will Why I am not a Christian take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

22024026019701980199020001964: 225 pages1964: 266 pages1967: 266 pages2004: 256 pages2008: 225 pagesmedian 240
220240260198020001964: 225 pages1964: 266 pages1967: 266 pages2004: 256 pages2008: 225 pagesmedian 240
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 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 17 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Barlow Press–225OL26882807M
2004Routledge–256OL7491631M
1967Simon & Schuster–266OL17574699M
1964Allen & Unwin–225OL18471182M
1964Simon and Schuster–266OL20828914M
–George Allen and Unwin Ltd–225OL17125769M

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Questions

How many pages is Why I am not a Christian?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 225 to 266 pages.
How long does it take to read Why I am not a Christian?
About 4 h 38 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Why I am not a Christian?
Roughly 66,000 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)).