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How many pages is A Modern Utopia?

A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells has a median of 341 pages across 63 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 234 to 348 pages.

Median pages
341
63 editions counted
Range
168–514
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
94k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Modern Utopia take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

200400190019251950197520001900: 276 pages1905: 392 pages1925: 459 pages1967: 392 pages1967: 393 pages1971: 392 pages1994: 270 pages2001: 342 pages2003: 232 pages2003: 232 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 228 pages2005: 281 pages2005: 232 pages2005: 232 pages2006: 232 pages2006: 180 pages2006: 232 pages2006: 320 pages2007: 254 pages2007: 280 pages2007: 324 pages2007: 232 pages2007: 324 pages2007: 232 pages2016: 336 pages2019: 240 pages2019: 237 pages2020: 229 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 227 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 341 pages2020: 348 pages2020: 348 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 514 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 340 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 168 pages2021: 168 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 341 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 344 pagesmedian 341
2004001900195020001900: 276 pages1905: 392 pages1925: 459 pages1967: 392 pages1967: 393 pages1971: 392 pages1994: 270 pages2001: 342 pages2003: 232 pages2003: 232 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 272 pages2004: 228 pages2005: 281 pages2005: 232 pages2005: 232 pages2006: 232 pages2006: 180 pages2006: 232 pages2006: 320 pages2007: 254 pages2007: 280 pages2007: 324 pages2007: 232 pages2007: 324 pages2007: 232 pages2016: 336 pages2019: 240 pages2019: 237 pages2020: 229 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 227 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 341 pages2020: 348 pages2020: 348 pages2020: 350 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 514 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 340 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 168 pages2021: 168 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 344 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 346 pages2021: 341 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 345 pages2021: 350 pages2021: 344 pagesmedian 341
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover23274 h 28 min
Paperback232104 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 63 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 102 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–344OL34243861M
2021Independently Published–345OL34241158M
2021Independently Published–350OL34337214M
2021Independently Published–340OL34309436M
2021Independently Published–345OL34283099M
2021Independently Published–168OL34200635M
2021Independently Published–168OL34198706M
2021Independently Published–345OL34253866M

More by H. G. Wells

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Questions

How many pages is A Modern Utopia?
About 341 pages: that is the median of 63 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 168 to 514 pages.
How long does it take to read A Modern Utopia?
About 6 h 34 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is A Modern Utopia?
Roughly 94,000 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)).