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Book · by Robin McKinley · first published 1978

How many pages is Beauty?

Beauty by Robin McKinley has a median of 247 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 247 pages.

Median pages
247
9 editions counted
Range
247–325
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will Beauty take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

25030019801990200020101978: 247 pages1978: 247 pages1978: 247 pages1983: 247 pages1985: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1993: 247 pages2005: 325 pages2011: 272 pagesmedian 247
250300198020001978: 247 pages1978: 247 pages1978: 247 pages1983: 247 pages1985: 247 pages1986: 247 pages1993: 247 pages2005: 325 pages2011: 272 pagesmedian 247
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Random House Children's Books–272OL34458654M
2005Eos–325OL7281060M
1993HarperTrophyPaperback247OL9246456M
1986Futura–247OL17435230M
1985HarperCollinsLibrary Binding247OL9230997M
1983MacRae–247OL22642150M
1978HarperCollinsHardcover247OL9230996M
1978Harper & Row–247OL4555753M

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Questions

How many pages is Beauty?
About 247 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 247 to 325 pages.
How long does it take to read Beauty?
About 4 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Beauty?
Roughly 68,000 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)).