How long does it take to read As You Like It?

About 2 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.

How many words is As You Like It?

Roughly 44,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1734

How many pages is As You Like It?

As You Like It by William Shakespeare has a median of 159 pages across 234 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 130 to 207 pages.

Median pages

159

234 editions counted

Range

78–320

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

2.8h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

44k

at 275 words per page

How long will As You Like It take you?

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Reading speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

2 h 48 min

At 30 min a day

6 days

At 1 hour a day

3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

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.

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	304	3	5 h 22 min
Paperback	144	19	2 h 32 min

Editions counted

The 234 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 30 more editions were 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 470 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2021	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc	–	272	OL29443602M
2020	Independently Published	–	192	OL30077362M
2020	Independently Published	–	192	OL29910306M
2020	Independently Published	–	164	OL30224434M
2020	Independently Published	–	106	OL30360248M
2020	Independently Published	–	153	OL29906751M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL30278082M
2020	Independently Published	–	177	OL30217823M
2020	Independently Published	–	164	OL30226262M
2020	Independently Published	–	142	OL29888242M
2019	Independently Published	–	148	OL29866727M
2019	Independently Published	–	148	OL29875881M
2017	Penguin Publishing Group	–	144	OL28628275M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	130	OL29725274M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	130	OL29725364M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	130	OL29779788M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	130	OL29725583M
2012	Broadview Press	–	238	OL28470680M
2012	Wadsworth Cengage Learning	–	310	OL25170064M
2011	Dover Publications	–	160	OL25002078M
2010	Modern Library	–	189	OL30652462M
2010	Focus Pub.	–	111	OL31002952M
2010	Washington Square Press	Hardcover	304	OL7950667M
2009	Cambridge University Press	–	240	OL24043631M
2009	Cambridge University Press	–	181	OL25560446M
2009	Oxford University Press	–	140	OL23678521M
2008	Oxford University Press	–	245	OL22653568M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	130	OL11975264M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	144	OL11975340M
2007	Filiquarian	Paperback	172	OL12502506M
2006	Echo Library	Paperback	128	OL8963311M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	140	OL7653010M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	144	OL7652871M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	140	OL7652942M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	144	OL7652957M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	140	OL10416667M
2006	Echo Library	Paperback	184	OL8965216M
2006	Icon Reference	Paperback	188	OL7652813M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	166	OL10416460M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	156	OL7652898M
2004	Spark Notes	–	243	OL3292196M
2004	Washington Square Press	Mass Market Paperback	320	OL7951288M
2004	Cambridge University Press	–	262	OL3688668M
2004	Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media	Turtleback	263	OL10943875M
2004	Oberon	–	110	OL22619821M
2003	Nick Hern Books	–	205	OL3769753M
2002	Oxford University Press	–	129	OL3658310M
2001	Applause	–	108	OL3956791M
2000	Cambridge University Press	–	219	OL50794M
2000	Penguin Books	–	105	OL6783302M
2000	Cambridge University Press	–	188	OL6901713M
1999	Arden	–	231	OL7381618M
1999	University Press of Mississippi	Paperback	128	OL10732182M
1999	Arden Shakespeare	–	232	OL7381602M
1998	Wordsworth Editions Ltd	Paperback	128	OL8978437M
1998	Signet Classics	–	304	OL7577265M
1998	Oxford University Press, USA	–	256	OL7384038M
1998	Dover Publications	–	79	OL364358M
1997	Everyman Paperback Classics	–	288	OL7592779M
1997	Pocket Books	–	263	OL67694M
1996	Oxford University Press	–	152	OL28736034M
1994	Oxford University Press	–	245	OL1416208M
1994	Oxford University Press, USA	–	151	OL7399639M
1993	Clarendon Press	–	245	OL1706972M
1993	Gramercy Books	–	127	OL1733938M
1988	Bantam Books	–	142	OL2394464M
1987	Signet Classic	–	250	OL21363635M
1987	–	–	250	OL22112742M
1987	Oxford University Press, USA	–	142	OL7399616M
1986	Signet Classics	–	256	OL7577150M
1985	Swan Books	–	122	OL3189876M
1984	University Press of America	–	107	OL2852998M
1983	CBC Enterprises	Paperback	137	OL8200604M
1981	Penguin Classics	–	208	OL7357282M
1980	Royal Composing Room	–	200	OL17792028M
1978	Gloucester	Paperback	96	OL7851057M
1978	Mayflower Books	–	96	OL4734846M
1976	Van Nostrand Reinhold	paperback	232	OL34371984M
1975	Arden	Paperback	231	OL8768129M
1975	Clarendon Press	–	190	OL4607383M
1975	Methuen	–	135	OL5184687M
1975	Methuen & Co.	–	137	OL22064260M
1974	Macmillan	–	199	OL5230119M
1973	Washington Square Press	–	105	OL20938959M
1972	C. Winter	–	220	OL5453072M
1972	C. Winter	–	220	OL19006727M
1971	The University press	–	181	OL21956068M
1970	Penguin Books	–	121	OL5755049M
1969	Evans Bros	–	211	OL14969853M
1969	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	202	OL7716741M
1968	Dell Pub. Co.	–	280	OL5596113M
1968	Penguin	–	202	OL5512084M
1968	Cambridge U.P.	–	181	OL5673105M
1967	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	109	OL5998047M
1967	Longmans Green	–	253	OL5664160M
1967	Dell Pub. Co.	–	192	OL19942474M
1966	Cornelius Publishers	–	98	OL5978704M
1965	Yale University Press	–	121	OL32078450M
1965	Airmont Pub. Co.	–	134	OL5938953M
1965	Bantam Books	–	224	OL5946088M
1965	Oxford University Press	–	214	OL15952031M
1965	Heinemann Educational Books	–	215	OL5049443M
1964	Longmans Canada	–	162	OL6003757M
1964	–	–	190	OL26571053M
1964	Clarendon Press	–	190	OL22388708M
1963	New American Library	–	237	OL5903196M
1962	Beta Phi Mu	–	105	OL5858760M
1960	Pocket Books	–	105	OL32078449M
1960	Washington Square Press	–	105	OL5790334M
1959	University of London Press	–	175	OL19231253M
1959	Houghton Mifflin	–	124	OL17727532M
1959	Washington Square Press	–	105	OL33040252M
1959	University Press	–	181	OL26562004M
1959	Washington Square Press	–	105	OL24228836M
1959	Penguin Classics	–	132	OL7357390M
1959	Dell Pub. Co.	–	192	OL5790058M
1959	Penguin Books	–	126	OL6245779M
1959	University Press	–	181	OL26562003M
1958	Rinehart	–	242	OL20324911M
1957	The University press	–	102	OL6227406M
1954	Yale University Press	–	142	OL32224786M
1954	Macmillan	–	164	OL22388710M
1954	Yale University Press	–	121	OL6135499M
1954	Yale University Press	–	121	OL23770130M
1952	Dent	–	159	OL22202505M
1946	Browne and Nolan	–	146	OL22335750M
1944	S. French	–	78	OL21197791M
1944	Yale University Press	–	146	OL15952047M
1941	Clarendon Press	–	190	OL15952022M
1939	Ginn and company	–	205	OL6387904M
1934	J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.	–	129	OL6317076M
1931	Houghton Mifflin	–	124	OL6756041M
1930	Jackson	–	113	OL6299926M
1929	Macmillan	–	176	OL6732804M
1929	Houghton Mifflin company	–	207	OL17791290M
1929	Printed at the Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Gwyer	–	207	OL6737522M
1929	Faber & Gwyer	–	207	OL19532219M
1928	Macmillan	–	164	OL15952050M
1926	The University Press	–	181	OL6697773M
1925	Charles E. Merrill company	–	169	OL6683511M
1922	J.M. Dent	–	159	OL25937342M
1922	Allyn and Bacon	–	255	OL6649809M
1920	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	308	OL7716362M
1920	Methuen	–	119	OL15952070M
1920	Methuen	–	119	OL17624385M
1919	Scott, Foresman and company	–	223	OL7091683M
1919	Yale University Press	–	146	OL6622291M
1919	Copp Clark	–	134	OL7221406M
1919	Copp, Clark Co.	–	134	OL19459802M
1919	Copp, Clark	–	134	OL24396939M
1919	Scott, Foresman and company	–	223	OL6615614M
1918	Cincinnati [etc.] American book company	–	283	OL6649835M
1917	J.M. Dent and co	–	143	OL15945687M
1917	Silver, Burdett and Company	–	124	OL6594844M
1916	Heath	–	200	OL15952187M
1916	D.C. Heath & Co.	–	200	OL6590646M
1915	Hodder & Stoughton	–	142	OL23278730M
1914	Methuen	–	119	OL13489074M
1914	Methuen	–	119	OL15952059M
1912	Clarendon Press	–	96	OL18281664M
1912	Doubleday, Page	–	193	OL6543463M
1911	J.M. Dent	–	148	OL18877453M
1911	H. Holt	–	162	OL6531109M
1911	Macmillan	–	138	OL6536437M
1911	Macmillan Co.	–	138	OL7020557M
1910	Charles E. Merrill	–	160	OL6524860M
1910	American book company	–	112	OL22805315M
1909	Hodder & Stoughton	–	142	OL32198304M
1909	Hodder & Stoughton	–	142	OL14001237M
1909	Grosset & Dunlap	–	144	OL24785106M
1909	Grosset & Dunlap	–	144	OL24649613M
1909	Grosset & Dunlap	–	148	OL13571626M
1908	Ginn & company	–	159	OL23941708M
1908	Ginn	–	153	OL7241626M
1908	Chatto and Windus	–	82	OL7006211M
1908	Ginn & company	–	159	OL23719406M
1908	Ginn & company	–	159	OL16784025M
1908	Ginn	–	153	OL17804198M
1907	His Majesty's Theatre	–	105	OL20725968M
1907	His Majesty'sTheatre	–	105	OL21346924M
1907	Chatto & Windus	–	81	OL7014911M
1906	J.M. Dent and co.	–	143	OL6412355M
1906	T. Y. Crowell	–	236	OL6977577M
1906	Ginn and company	–	152	OL6981130M
1906	Ginn & company	–	159	OL24173676M
1905	American Book. Co.	–	283	OL14421287M
1905	American Book Company	–	208	OL13489080M
1905	American Book Company	–	208	OL6958087M
1904	Heinemann	–	105	OL15952043M
1904	D.C. Heath & Co.	–	182	OL31033923M
1904	Ainsworth & company	–	127	OL6945090M
1903	American book company	–	283	OL6935137M
1903	Scott, Foresman and company	–	207	OL6929961M
1903	J. M. Dent and co.	–	143	OL16213304M
1903	Scott, Forseman and Company	–	207	OL32220687M
1903	Roycroft	–	122	OL15239823M
1903	Blackie & Son	–	143	OL22641606M
1903	Roycroft Shop	–	122	OL24172695M
1902	Macmillan Company	–	195	OL32216625M
1902	D.C. Heath & co.	–	182	OL17777279M
1902	The Macmillan Company	–	195	OL6920377M
1901	J. M. Dent & sons, ld.	–	143	OL18674876M
1901	University Society	–	167	OL23279273M
1900	Dodd, Mead & Company	–	130	OL32238352M
1900	Dodd, Mead & Company	–	130	OL7194381M
1900	Dodd, Mead	–	130	OL6774886M
1900	Hodder & Stoughton	–	142	OL7172661M
1900	Printed at the Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Faber	–	207	OL21253585M
1899	Cambridge University Press	–	256	OL22599911M
1898	American Book Co.	–	208	OL15952152M
1897	Harper	–	208	OL7181401M
1897	Harper & brothers	–	208	OL7052280M
1896	Houghton, Mifflin and company	–	119	OL6552559M
1896	Silver, Burdett	–	135	OL6552555M
1896	Silver, Burdett	–	135	OL2655718M
1896	Leach, Shewell & Sanborn	–	234	OL24169949M
1896	Allyn and Bacon	–	139	OL6552558M
1895	Harper	–	208	OL24928335M
1895	American book company	–	102	OL6552560M
1895	Harper	–	208	OL24970716M
1895	American book Co.	–	102	OL23289507M
1895	Harper	–	208	OL24875295M
1894	J.M. Dent	–	143	OL25261652M
1894	Blackie & Son, limited	–	182	OL6634377M
1892	Chambers	–	96	OL21247203M
1890	Privately printed for Mr. Daly	–	207	OL583767M
1885	Harper & Bros.	–	208	OL14688900M
1884	Clarendon Press	–	168	OL26749416M
1884	Ginn, Heath	–	159	OL15952075M
1880	Ginn, & Heath	–	159	OL6637192M
1878	Harper & brothers	–	206	OL6637191M
1877	Clarendon Press	–	244	OL20599751M
1877	Clarendon Press	–	168	OL24129008M
1800	Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown	–	79	OL6765585M

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Questions

How many pages is As You Like It?: About 159 pages: that is the median of 234 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 78 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read As You Like It?: About 2 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is As You Like It?: Roughly 44,000 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)).