Book · by Max Brooks
How many pages is World War Z?
World War Z by Max Brooks has a median of 352 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 352 to 432 pages.
How long will World War Z take you?
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 | 477 | 2 | 8 h 25 min |
| Paperback | 392 | 2 | 6 h 55 min |
Editions counted
The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 46 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Three Rivers Press | Paperback | 432 | OL31980521M |
| 2007 | Three Rivers Press | Paperback | 352 | OL9499639M |
| 2007 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | 602 | OL8137725M |
| 2006 | Crown | – | 342 | OL23275263M |
| 2006 | Crown | Hardcover | 352 | OL9593063M |
Questions
- How many pages is World War Z?
- About 352 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 342 to 602 pages.
- How long does it take to read World War Z?
- About 6 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
- How many words is World War Z?
- Roughly 97,000 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)).