Night by the numbers
Elie Wiesel · first published 1960 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 120 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 33,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 1 h 50 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 2 h 12 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 2 h 45 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 7 |
| Lexile measure | 590L |
At 120 pages, Night is longer than 28.1% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades 9-12 (274 pages).
Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.
Where Night is on school reading lists
5 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 5 published lists, in grades 10th–11th. 5 of the 5 carry a link to the published source document.
States (2): Florida, New York.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 10th | 4 |
| 11th | 1 |
Sources
- NYC DOE grade 10 Holocaust unit required text · checked 2026-05-29
- Florida Holocaust education mandate (§1003.42, F.S.) · checked 2026-05-29
- AP Lit — memoir study representative text · checked 2026-05-29
- NY Holocaust education mandate (Education Law §801) · checked 2026-05-29
- CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 9-10 informational text exemplar · checked 2026-05-29
Questions
How many pages is Night?
Night by Elie Wiesel is 120 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 33,000 words.
How long does it take to read Night?
About 2 h 12 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (1 h 50 min at 300 wpm, 2 h 45 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 7 days.
Is Night on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 5 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 2 states plus 2 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 9-12. That ranks it #1,028 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Night: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthThe Adventures of Captain Underpants (125 pp.) · The Door in the Wall (125 pp.) · Of Mice and Men (112 pp.) · A Long Walk to Water (128 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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