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Book · by Beverly Cleary · first published 1955

How many pages is Beezus and Ramona?

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary has a median of 159 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 159 to 177 pages.

Median pages
159
14 editions counted
Range
142–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
44k
at 275 words per page

How long will Beezus and Ramona take you?

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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.

15017520019601980200020201955: 183 pages1955: 159 pages1975: 159 pages1978: 160 pages1979: 159 pages1981: 160 pages1981: 159 pages1987: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1999: 208 pages2000: 159 pages2006: 142 pages2010: 183 pages2020: 183 pagesmedian 159
150175200197520001955: 183 pages1955: 159 pages1975: 159 pages1978: 160 pages1979: 159 pages1981: 160 pages1981: 159 pages1987: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1999: 208 pages2000: 159 pages2006: 142 pages2010: 183 pages2020: 183 pagesmedian 159
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
Hardcover15942 h 48 min
Paperback15962 h 48 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 49 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Bound to Stay Bound Books–183OL53344386M
2010ScholasticPaperback183OL28018447M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover142OL9656996M
2000Scholastic Inc.Paperback159OL7510449M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding208OL9864205M
1990Avon BooksPaperback159OL7432636M
1987Morrow Junior Books–159OL21112615M
1981Puffin–160OL18796545M

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Questions

How many pages is Beezus and Ramona?
About 159 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 142 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Beezus and Ramona?
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 Beezus and Ramona?
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)).