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How many pages is that book?

Median page counts across real editions for 4,000 of the most-read books, how long each takes at your speed, and series in reading order.

    Example The Hobbit: median 304 pages, about 5 h 22 min to read at 260 words per minute.

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    4,000
    most-read on Open Library
    Editions counted
    118,025
    English print
    Series in order
    105
    numbered on Wikidata

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    4,000All booksMedian pages and reading time for eachBrowse books →105Series in orderReading order with page countsSee series →280AuthorsHow long their books areSee authors →LongLongest novelsThe doorstoppers, rankedSee the longest →ShortShort readsPopular books under 200 pagesSee short reads →TimeReading-time calculatorAt your own speedCalculate →

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    How long does a 300-page book take?

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    Reading time
    5 h 17 min
    At 30 min a day
    11 days
    At 1 hour a day
    6 days

    How long are popular books?

    Number of books on this site by median page count (50-page bins).

    4002000+ pages: 151 books050+ pages: 138 books100+ pages: 238 books100150+ pages: 518 books200+ pages: 516 books200250+ pages: 418 books300+ pages: 437 books300350+ pages: 367 books400+ pages: 306 books400450+ pages: 221 books500+ pages: 166 books500550+ pages: 118 books600+ pages: 81 books600650+ pages: 53 books700+ pages: 57 books700750+ pages: 37 books800+ pages: 42 books800850+ pages: 39 books900+ pages: 24 books900950+ pages: 17 books1,000+ pages: 13 books1,0001,050+ pages: 9 books1,100+ pages: 11 books1,1001,150+ pages: 3 books1,200+ pages: 4 books1,2001,250+ pages: 16 books
    4002000+ pages: 151 books050+ pages: 138 books100+ pages: 238 books150+ pages: 518 books200+ pages: 516 books200250+ pages: 418 books300+ pages: 437 books350+ pages: 367 books400+ pages: 306 books400450+ pages: 221 books500+ pages: 166 books550+ pages: 118 books600+ pages: 81 books600650+ pages: 53 books700+ pages: 57 books750+ pages: 37 books800+ pages: 42 books800850+ pages: 39 books900+ pages: 24 books950+ pages: 17 books1,000+ pages: 13 books1,0001,050+ pages: 9 books1,100+ pages: 11 books1,150+ pages: 3 books1,200+ pages: 4 books1,2001,250+ pages: 16 books
    Open Library edition records.

    Series in order

    All series

    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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).