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Book · by Yogananda Paramahansa · first published 1975

How many pages is Autobiography of a Yogi?

Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda Paramahansa has a median of 500 pages across 56 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 472 to 520 pages.

Median pages
500
56 editions counted
Range
301–689
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
138k
at 275 words per page

How long will Autobiography of a Yogi 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
9 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060019601980200020201946: 498 pages1950: 403 pages1951: 501 pages1952: 501 pages1954: 514 pages1956: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1968: 514 pages1969: 514 pages1969: 403 pages1971: 516 pages1972: 592 pages1977: 592 pages1981: 499 pages1981: 499 pages1985: 591 pages1987: 592 pages1987: 591 pages1994: 520 pages1994: 499 pages1995: 481 pages1997: 588 pages1998: 520 pages2000: 503 pages2001: 500 pages2003: 481 pages2003: 481 pages2004: 472 pages2004: 452 pages2004: 376 pages2004: 472 pages2005: 472 pages2005: 516 pages2005: 472 pages2006: 520 pages2007: 536 pages2007: 472 pages2007: 472 pages2012: 301 pages2012: 310 pages2013: 372 pages2013: 388 pages2013: 349 pages2014: 464 pages2016: 379 pages2018: 504 pages2018: 558 pages2018: 388 pages2019: 430 pages2020: 524 pages2020: 480 pages2020: 524 pages2021: 662 pages2021: 689 pagesmedian 500
4006001950197520001946: 498 pages1950: 403 pages1951: 501 pages1952: 501 pages1954: 514 pages1956: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1959: 514 pages1968: 514 pages1969: 514 pages1969: 403 pages1971: 516 pages1972: 592 pages1977: 592 pages1981: 499 pages1981: 499 pages1985: 591 pages1987: 592 pages1987: 591 pages1994: 520 pages1994: 499 pages1995: 481 pages1997: 588 pages1998: 520 pages2000: 503 pages2001: 500 pages2003: 481 pages2003: 481 pages2004: 472 pages2004: 452 pages2004: 376 pages2004: 472 pages2005: 472 pages2005: 516 pages2005: 472 pages2006: 520 pages2007: 536 pages2007: 472 pages2007: 472 pages2012: 301 pages2012: 310 pages2013: 372 pages2013: 388 pages2013: 349 pages2014: 464 pages2016: 379 pages2018: 504 pages2018: 558 pages2018: 388 pages2019: 430 pages2020: 524 pages2020: 480 pages2020: 524 pages2021: 662 pages2021: 689 pagesmedian 500
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
Hardcover476109 h 11 min
Paperback472159 h 05 min

Editions counted

The 56 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 183 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–662OL34266288M
2021Independently Published–689OL34358376M
2020Independently Published–524OL30233555M
2020Sterling Publishers Pvt.–480OL28968881M
2020Independently Published–524OL30064278M
2019Stanfordpub.comhardcover430OL27745466M
2018Discovery Publisherhardcover504OL27804821M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platformpaperback558OL27817316M

Questions

How many pages is Autobiography of a Yogi?
About 500 pages: that is the median of 56 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 301 to 689 pages.
How long does it take to read Autobiography of a Yogi?
About 9 h 38 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Autobiography of a Yogi?
Roughly 138,000 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)).