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How many pages is A People's History of the United States?

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn has a median of 729 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 619 to 752 pages.

Median pages
729
25 editions counted
Range
496–784
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
200k
at 275 words per page

How long will A People's History of the United States 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
14 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
29 days
At 1 hour a day
15 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50060070080019801990200020101980: 614 pages1980: 614 pages1980: 614 pages1990: 614 pages1995: 675 pages1996: 688 pages1997: 571 pages1999: 702 pages2001: 702 pages2003: 754 pages2003: 619 pages2003: 729 pages2003: 729 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 729 pages2005: 729 pages2005: 768 pages2005: 729 pages2005: 770 pages2010: 768 pages2015: 784 pages2015: 744 pages2015: 784 pages2015: 744 pages2017: 752 pagesmedian 729
500600700800198020001980: 614 pages1980: 614 pages1980: 614 pages1990: 614 pages1995: 675 pages1996: 688 pages1997: 571 pages1999: 702 pages2001: 702 pages2003: 754 pages2003: 619 pages2003: 729 pages2003: 729 pages2003: 496 pages2003: 729 pages2005: 729 pages2005: 768 pages2005: 729 pages2005: 770 pages2010: 768 pages2015: 784 pages2015: 744 pages2015: 784 pages2015: 744 pages2017: 752 pagesmedian 729
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover683213 h 09 min
Paperback768314 h 47 min

Editions counted

The 25 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 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Harperhardcover752OL27382530M
2015HarperCollins Publishers–784OL29728803M
2015Taylor & Francis Group–744OL28828700M
2015Harper Perennial Modern Classicspaperback784OL28178728M
2015Taylor & Francis Group–744OL33599242M
2010Harper Perennial Modern ClassicsPaperback768OL24091094M
2005HarperPerennial Modern Classics–729OL20946112M
2005Harper Perennial Modern ClassicsPaperback768OL9237502M

Questions

How many pages is A People's History of the United States?
About 729 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 496 to 784 pages.
How long does it take to read A People's History of the United States?
About 14 h 02 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 29 days.
How many words is A People's History of the United States?
Roughly 200,000 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)).