Love Books Daily

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.

Median pages
176
14 editions counted
Range
160–256
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page

How long will Boy 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
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

15020025019902000201020201984: 182 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1986: 176 pages1987: 209 pages1987: 182 pages1987: 160 pages1988: 176 pages1988: 176 pages2003: 176 pages2016: 256 pages2021: 192 pagesmedian 176
150200250200020201984: 182 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1984: 160 pages1986: 176 pages1987: 209 pages1987: 182 pages1987: 160 pages1988: 176 pages1988: 176 pages2003: 176 pages2016: 256 pages2021: 192 pagesmedian 176
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Penguin Publishing Group–192OL34120721M
2016Puffin–256OL28592328M
2003Tandem Library–176OL7601145M
1988Penguin (Non-Classics)–176OL7347396M
1988Puffin BooksPaperback176OL7353351M
1987Windrush–209OL22554102M
1987ABC-Clio IncHardcover182OL11948459M
1987Penguin 1987.–160OL7414195M

More by Roald Dahl

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)).