Author · born 13 September 1916 · died 23 November 1990

Roald Dahl books: page counts

21 books by Roald Dahl with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books

with page data

Longest

375

The Complete Adventures of Charlie and M

Shortest

The Enormous Crocodile

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Open Library edition records.

Every book

Book	First published	Median pages	Range	Reading time
Boy	–	176	160–256	3 h 23 min
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	–	162	89–226	2 h 51 min
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator	–	175	136–240	3 h 05 min
Danny, The Champion of the World	–	211	175–378	3 h 43 min
Esio Trot	–	64	48–80	1 h 08 min
Fantastic Mr Fox	–	90	43–112	1 h 35 min
George's Marvelous Medicine	–	96	81–152	1 h 42 min
Going Solo	–	209	205–240	4 h 01 min
James and the Giant Peach	–	144	110–208	2 h 32 min
Kiss Kiss	–	255	183–335	4 h 55 min
Matilda	–	240	144–400	4 h 14 min
Revolting Rhymes	–	47	32–72	54 min
The BFG	–	209	176–416	3 h 41 min
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka	–	375	316–400	6 h 37 min
The Enormous Crocodile	–	34	32–64	36 min
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me	–	78	64–96	1 h 22 min
The Magic Finger	–	64	40–80	1 h 07 min
The Minpins	–	48	47–48	51 min
The Twits	–	80	46–128	1 h 25 min
The Witches	–	208	192–336	3 h 40 min
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More	–	225	188–280	3 h 58 min

Reading all 21 takes about 57 h 21 min at average speed (3,190 pages).