Book · by Shel Silverstein · first published 1986
How many pages is A Light in the Attic?
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein has a median of 172 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 167 to 183 pages.
How long will A Light in the Attic take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 27 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 192 | OL28468036M |
| 2009 | Harper | – | 185 | OL27118618M |
| 2009 | Harper | – | 185 | OL25349607M |
| 2002 | Harpercollins Childrens Books | – | 176 | OL7277486M |
| 2001 | HarperCollins | Hardcover | 176 | OL9248101M |
| 1996 | Scholastic | – | 167 | OL26342869M |
| 1982 | Cape | – | 167 | OL17467432M |
| 1981 | Harper & Row | – | 167 | OL4095421M |
| 1981 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 167 | OL53348726M |
| 1981 | Harper & Row | – | 167 | OL24753251M |
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Questions
- How many pages is A Light in the Attic?
- About 172 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 167 to 192 pages.
- How long does it take to read A Light in the Attic?
- About 3 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is A Light in the Attic?
- Roughly 47,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
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)).