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Author · born 11 August 1897 · died 28 November 1968

Enid Blyton books: page counts

12 books by Enid Blyton with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
12
with page data
Longest
202
Five Run Away Together
Shortest
117
The Secret Seven

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

The Enchanted Wood (1978)192Five Run Away Together (1983)202Five Go Adventuring Again (1986)192The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1986)160The Twins at St. Clare's (1990)160Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1991)190The folk of the Faraway Tree (1991)190The magic Faraway Tree (1991)189Five Go Off in a Caravan (1992)192The Secret Seven (1996)117First Term at Malory Towers (1997)161Five on a Treasure Island (1997)192
The Enchanted Wood (…192Five Run Away Togeth…202Five Go Adventuring …192The Mystery of the B…160The Twins at St. Cla…160Five Go to Smuggler'…190The folk of the Fara…190The magic Faraway Tr…189Five Go Off in a Car…192The Secret Seven (19…117First Term at Malory…161Five on a Treasure I…192
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
The Enchanted Wood1978192120–4163 h 23 min
Five Run Away Together1983202170–2723 h 34 min
Five Go Adventuring Again1986192151–2563 h 23 min
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage1986160125–2762 h 49 min
The Twins at St. Clare's1990160154–2212 h 49 min
Five Go to Smuggler's Top1991190160–2723 h 21 min
The folk of the Faraway Tree1991190117–2883 h 21 min
The magic Faraway Tree1991189116–2263 h 20 min
Five Go Off in a Caravan1992192142–2883 h 23 min
The Secret Seven199611794–1442 h 04 min
First Term at Malory Towers1997161150–1922 h 50 min
Five on a Treasure Island1997192119–3003 h 23 min

Reading all 12 takes about 37 h 41 min at average speed (2,138 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)).