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Book · by Jamaica Kincaid · first published 1988

How many pages is A Small Place?

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid has a median of 81 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 81 pages.

Median pages
81
5 editions counted
Range
81–96
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
22k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Small Place 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
1 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

80859095199019921995199720001988: 81 pages1988: 81 pages1989: 81 pages1998: 81 pages2000: 96 pagesmedian 81
808590951990199520001988: 81 pages1988: 81 pages1989: 81 pages1998: 81 pages2000: 96 pagesmedian 81
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 11 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2000Farrar, Straus and Giroux–96OL7424467M
1998Farrar, Straus and Giroux–81OL22027118M
1989Plume–81OL16315634M
1988Virago–81OL17370633M
1988Farrar, Straus, Giroux–81OL2525294M

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Questions

How many pages is A Small Place?
About 81 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 81 to 96 pages.
How long does it take to read A Small Place?
About 1 h 34 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is A Small Place?
Roughly 22,000 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)).