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Author · born 384 BC · died 322 BC

Aristotle books: page counts

4 books by Aristotle with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
4
with page data
Longest
394
La Poetica
Shortest
111
Poetics

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Nicomachean Ethics (1846)347Poetics (1913)111La Poetica (1972)394Πολιτικά (Politiká)339
Nicomachean Ethics (…347Poetics (1913)111La Poetica (1972)394Πολιτικά (Politiká)339
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Nicomachean Ethics1846347159–6806 h 41 min
Poetics191311155–2352 h 08 min
La Poetica1972394168–7687 h 35 min
Πολιτικά (Politiká)–339155–6896 h 32 min

Reading all 4 takes about 22 h 56 min at average speed (1,191 pages).

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)).