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How many pages is A Wrinkle in Time?

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle has a median of 212 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 238 pages.

Median pages
212
31 editions counted
Range
182–271
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
58k
at 275 words per page
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How long will A Wrinkle in Time take you?

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Reading time
3 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250198020001962: 211 pages1962: 211 pages1962: 203 pages1962: 203 pages1962: 256 pages1962: 211 pages1963: 182 pages1967: 184 pages1969: 211 pages1973: 240 pages1976: 190 pages1976: 190 pages1976: 211 pages1979: 194 pages1987: 225 pages1987: 203 pages1997: 243 pages1998: 211 pages1998: 232 pages1999: 224 pages2002: 250 pages2005: 238 pages2005: 208 pages2005: 238 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 245 pages2007: 212 pages2007: 212 pages2008: 212 pages2012: 256 pages2017: 271 pagesmedian 212
200250198020001962: 211 pages1962: 211 pages1962: 203 pages1962: 203 pages1962: 256 pages1962: 211 pages1963: 182 pages1967: 184 pages1969: 211 pages1973: 240 pages1976: 190 pages1976: 190 pages1976: 211 pages1979: 194 pages1987: 225 pages1987: 203 pages1997: 243 pages1998: 211 pages1998: 232 pages1999: 224 pages2002: 250 pages2005: 238 pages2005: 208 pages2005: 238 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 245 pages2007: 212 pages2007: 212 pages2008: 212 pages2012: 256 pages2017: 271 pagesmedian 212
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
Hardcover20823 h 39 min
Paperback24024 h 14 min

Editions counted

The 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 106 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Thorndike Press Large Print–271OL26843683M
2012Square Fish–256OL27088176M
2008–library binding212OL28289485M
2007Turtleback Books–224OL27094148M
2007Square Fish–245OL20928925M
2007Square Fish–212OL24031637M
2007Perfection Learning–212OL27067853M
2005Yearling–238OL23085794M

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Questions

How many pages is A Wrinkle in Time?
About 212 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 182 to 271 pages.
How long does it take to read A Wrinkle in Time?
About 3 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is A Wrinkle in Time?
Roughly 58,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).