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Author · born 20 March 1937

Lois Lowry books: page counts

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

Books
4
with page data
Longest
224
Gathering Blue
Shortest
138
Number the Stars

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

The Giver (1999)205Gathering Blue (2000)224Number the Stars (2003)137Messenger (2004)172
The Giver (1999)205Gathering Blue (2000)224Number the Stars (20…137Messenger (2004)172
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
The Giver1999205179–2563 h 37 min
Gathering Blue2000224215–2563 h 57 min
Number the Stars2003138137–1762 h 25 min
Messenger2004172169–2003 h 02 min

Reading all 4 takes about 13 h 02 min at average speed (739 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)).