Book · by Roald Dahl
How many pages is Boy?
Boy by Roald Dahl has a median of 176 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 160 to 182 pages.
How long will Boy take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 14 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 76 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 192 | OL34120721M |
| 2016 | Puffin | – | 256 | OL28592328M |
| 2003 | Tandem Library | – | 176 | OL7601145M |
| 1988 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | – | 176 | OL7347396M |
| 1988 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 176 | OL7353351M |
| 1987 | Windrush | – | 209 | OL22554102M |
| 1987 | ABC-Clio Inc | Hardcover | 182 | OL11948459M |
| 1987 | Penguin 1987. | – | 160 | OL7414195M |
| 1986 | Puffin Books | – | 176 | OL23762150M |
| 1984 | penguin books | – | 182 | OL58665672M |
| 1984 | Farrar, Straus, Giroux | – | 160 | OL2869390M |
| 1984 | Cape | – | 160 | OL2572902M |
| 1984 | Farrar, Straus, Giroux | Paperback | 160 | OL23242491M |
| 1984 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | – | 160 | OL7423590M |
More by Roald Dahl
- 240 pagesMatilda
- 162 pagesCharlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 209 pagesThe BFG
- 144 pagesJames and the Giant Peach
- 90 pagesFantastic Mr Fox
- 208 pagesThe Witches
All 21 books by Roald Dahl with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Boy?
- About 176 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 256 pages.
- How long does it take to read Boy?
- About 3 h 23 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Boy?
- Roughly 48,000 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)).