Book · by Aldous Huxley · first published 2004
How many pages is Brave New World?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has a median of 225 pages across 150 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 176 to 294 pages.
Median pages
225
150 editions counted
Range
104–440
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page
How long will Brave New World take you?
Reading time
3 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 250 | 4 | 4 h 24 min |
| Paperback | 256 | 7 | 4 h 31 min |
Editions counted
The 150 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 722 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penguin Random House | – | 288 | OL33938323M |
| 2022 | ValdeBooks | paperback | 176 | OL32915616M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 407 | OL34127149M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 133 | OL30036250M |
| 2020 | Vulpine Press | – | 262 | OL34169932M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30348471M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 135 | OL34117286M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 407 | OL34137849M |
| 2020 | Penguin Random House | – | 288 | OL30179132M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 234 | OL34127261M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 232 | OL34100297M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 133 | OL34095139M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 202 | OL34082140M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55220913M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 196 | OL34065998M |
| 2018 | [publisher not identified] | – | 176 | OL34075704M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 146 | OL55903367M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 346 | OL55178258M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 440 | OL34111345M |
| 2018 | Independently Published | – | 227 | OL34101691M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL34064887M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 225 | OL34049083M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 225 | OL34038290M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 178 | OL34065429M |
| 2017 | Harper | – | 259 | OL26376932M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL34048971M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 346 | OL34049126M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 344 | OL55022875M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 344 | OL34038712M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 174 | OL34048875M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 236 | OL34075384M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 225 | OL34059406M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 112 | OL34042475M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 134 | OL34047920M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 112 | OL34048106M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 248 | OL34074206M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 112 | OL34074075M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 156 | OL55652887M |
| 2016 | The Secret Bookshelf | – | 359 | OL32356348M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 246 | OL54967359M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 172 | OL34026977M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL54904186M |
| 2015 | Penguin Random House | – | 288 | OL28547473M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL34022282M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 156 | OL34028574M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 164 | OL34028575M |
| 2014 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 296 | OL33992209M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 150 | OL34028573M |
| 2014 | Lectorum Publications, Incorporated | – | 288 | OL34019010M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 106 | OL34013269M |
| 2013 | Neal-Schuman Publishing | Hardcover | 232 | OL25622031M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 238 | OL34102046M |
| 2012 | Greatest Books Publisher | – | 420 | OL33993385M |
| 2009 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 136 | OL28453025M |
| 2007 | Random House | – | 235 | OL25183100M |
| 2007 | Penguin Random House | – | 272 | OL33352438M |
| 2006 | Harper Perennial Modern Classics | Paperback | 288 | OL9237746M |
| 2006 | Turtleback | – | 288 | OL33980283M |
| 2005 | Penguin Random House | – | 288 | OL29544403M |
| 2005 | Transaction Large Print | Paperback | 250 | OL8432765M |
| 2004 | VINTAGE (RAND) | – | 272 | OL7318402M |
| 2004 | Vintage | Paperback | 256 | OL9273490M |
| 2001 | Voyager | – | 288 | OL27105159M |
| 2001 | Perennial Classics | – | 270 | OL48122607M |
| 2000 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 288 | OL33383658M |
| 1999 | Rebound by Sagebrush | School & Library Binding | 268 | OL8136297M |
| 1999 | Transaction | – | 263 | OL377951M |
| 1996 | HarperPerennial | – | 286 | OL7282243M |
| 1996 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 128 | OL28945774M |
| 1994 | Chatto | – | 304 | OL22840716M |
| 1994 | Flamingo | Paperback | 288 | OL24366087M |
| 1991 | Longman | Paperback | 272 | OL7879520M |
| 1990 | Doubleday Doran | Hardcover | 311 | OL8528893M |
| 1988 | Marshall Cavendish | hardcover | 213 | OL57908505M |
| 1983 | Charnwood | – | 302 | OL22431502M |
| 1983 | Longman | – | 252 | OL22788252M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | – | 222 | OL37076932M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | – | 222 | OL37076879M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing London | – | 246 | OL58635362M |
| 1977 | Granada Publishing | – | 206 | OL19631628M |
| 1976 | Lythway Press | – | 353 | OL22857460M |
| 1974 | Penguin | – | 200 | OL17291002M |
| 1974 | Limited Editions Club | – | 237 | OL5097412M |
| 1973 | Longman Pub Group | Paperback | 152 | OL7881746M |
| 1971 | Folio Society | – | 176 | OL22143085M |
| 1970 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL5386445M |
| 1969 | Harper & Row | – | 177 | OL18203280M |
| 1969 | Harper & Row Publishers | – | 177 | OL47029824M |
| 1969 | Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. | – | 177 | OL48605595M |
| 1968 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL24202247M |
| 1968 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL57900658M |
| 1968 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL46977270M |
| 1967 | Chatto and Windus | – | 213 | OL20344586M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL37075318M |
| 1966 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL5572119M |
| 1966 | Penguin Books | – | 201 | OL37076938M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 200 | OL43568876M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 200 | OL57922707M |
| 1964 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL26536148M |
| 1964 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL21070749M |
| 1963 | Time Incorporated | – | 227 | OL19856336M |
| 1963 | Penguin Books | – | 200 | OL37076934M |
| 1963 | Penguin Books | – | 200 | OL57902712M |
| 1962 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL37076888M |
| 1962 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL50107917M |
| 1962 | Penguin | – | 200 | OL22123296M |
| 1962 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL37076884M |
| 1962 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL37076886M |
| 1961 | Penguin Books | – | 200 | OL37076929M |
| 1960 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL16162200M |
| 1960 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL57922592M |
| 1960 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL61275061M |
| 1958 | Bantam Books | – | 176 | OL22802346M |
| 1958 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL49337505M |
| 1956 | Modern Library | – | 310 | OL6199917M |
| 1955 | Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus | – | 200 | OL16824209M |
| 1955 | Penguin Books | – | 201 | OL19104413M |
| 1955 | Bantam book published in arrangement with Harper | – | 176 | OL22605539M |
| 1953 | Vanguard Library | – | 214 | OL57907997M |
| 1953 | Bantam book published by arrangement with Harper | – | 266 | OL19856478M |
| 1952 | Heinemann in association with Chatto & Windus | – | 214 | OL22406097M |
| 1952 | Chatto & Windus in association with W. Heinemann | – | 213 | OL22605471M |
| 1950 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL18286548M |
| 1950 | Chatto & Windus | – | 213 | OL60587434M |
| 1950 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 310 | OL6068250M |
| 1950 | [publisher not identified] | – | 310 | OL39795670M |
| 1947 | Albaross | – | 260 | OL22756376M |
| 1946 | Harper & Row, Publishers | – | 311 | OL14243013M |
| 1946 | Harper & Row | – | 311 | OL24979469M |
| 1946 | Harper & Row, Publishers | – | 311 | OL23757350M |
| 1946 | Harper | – | 311 | OL16602680M |
| 1946 | Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. | – | 311 | OL37907144M |
| 1946 | Modern Library | – | 311 | OL13547921M |
| 1946 | International Collectors Library | – | 222 | OL50564380M |
| 1946 | Harper & Brothers, Publishers | – | 311 | OL6504102M |
| 1946 | Harper & Brothers | – | 311 | OL50107914M |
| 1946 | Harper & brothers | – | 311 | OL28660780M |
| 1946 | Harper & brothers | – | 311 | OL22810116M |
| 1946 | Buccaneer Books | – | 177 | OL17727850M |
| 1946 | Harper & Row, Publishers | – | 177 | OL23266684M |
| 1942 | Chatto & Windus | – | 306 | OL22604809M |
| 1936 | Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. | – | 311 | OL16824082M |
| 1935 | Chatto & Windus | – | 306 | OL57900674M |
| 1933 | Garden City publishing company, inc. | – | 311 | OL6289093M |
| 1932 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 311 | OL26896558M |
| 1932 | Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. | – | 311 | OL6770033M |
| 1932 | Musson Book Co. | – | 306 | OL19834566M |
| 1932 | Sun Dial Press | – | 311 | OL14130759M |
| 1932 | Garden City Pub. Co. | – | 310 | OL28390491M |
| 1932 | Chatto & Windus | – | 306 | OL6474536M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Brave New World?
- About 225 pages: that is the median of 150 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 104 to 440 pages.
- How long does it take to read Brave New World?
- About 3 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is Brave New World?
- Roughly 62,000 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)).