How many pages is One Hundred Years of Solitude?

496 pages, which is about 149,000 words and 10 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.

Is One Hundred Years of Solitude worth reading?

We score it 6.9 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.08 out of 5 from 1,652 ratings, which counts for 7.2; at about 10 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.3 for its length.

How long is the One Hundred Years of Solitude audiobook?

About 16½ hrs, estimated from the 149,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García Márquez

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Name: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author: Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

10 hrsto read

6.9worth it

At your speed≈ 10 hrs

Pages496

Audiobook≈ 16½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

496 pages works out to roughly 149,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 10 hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.08 out of 5, from 1,652 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.9/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.2 (Hardcover's 4.08★ from 1,652 ratings) − length 0.3 = 6.9. How the score works →

How long does it take to read One Hundred Years of Solitude?

One Hundred Years of Solitude is 496 pages, or roughly 149,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for One Hundred Years of Solitude at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	14 hrs
Average	250	10 hrs
Fast	400	6 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 16½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read One Hundred Years of Solitude?: About 10 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. One Hundred Years of Solitude runs 496 pages, roughly 149,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 14 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 6 hrs.
How many pages is One Hundred Years of Solitude?: 496 pages, which is about 149,000 words and 10 hrs of reading. Editions vary, and only Hardcover lists a page count for it, so treat it as approximate.
Is One Hundred Years of Solitude worth reading?: We score it 6.9 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.08 out of 5 from 1,652 ratings, which counts for 7.2; at about 10 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.3 for its length.
How long is the One Hundred Years of Solitude audiobook?: About 16½ hrs, estimated from the 149,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles.…

A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy with comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.

Macondo (Imaginary place)Latin American literatureLatin America - social conditionsFictionEpic literatureMagic realism (Literature)