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Author · born 29 November 1832 · died 6 March 1888

Louisa May Alcott books: page counts

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

Books
4
with page data
Longest
506
Little Women
Shortest
321
Good Wives

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Jo's Boys (1886)336Little Men (1913)335Little Women (1996)506Good Wives321
Jo's Boys (1886)336Little Men (1913)335Little Women (1996)506Good Wives321
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Jo's Boys1886336160–5405 h 55 min
Little Men1913335159–6365 h 54 min
Little Women1996506217–7918 h 55 min
Good Wives–321168–6085 h 40 min

Reading all 4 takes about 26 h 24 min at average speed (1,498 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)).