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How many pages is Charmed Life?

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones has a median of 218 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 218 to 284 pages.

Median pages
218
10 editions counted
Range
204–360
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Charmed Life 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
3 h 51 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.

200300198019902000201020201977: 218 pages1977: 209 pages1979: 204 pages1987: 360 pages1989: 218 pages1998: 218 pages2001: 218 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 350 pages2025: 288 pagesmedian 218
2003001980200020201977: 218 pages1977: 209 pages1979: 204 pages1987: 360 pages1989: 218 pages1998: 218 pages2001: 218 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 350 pages2025: 288 pagesmedian 218
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
Hardcover31625 h 34 min
Paperback31925 h 37 min

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025HarperCollinsPaperback288OL60737084M
2001HarperTrophy–218OL22990946M
2001GreenwillowHardcover272OL9231489M
2001GalaxyPaperback350OL9564892M
1998HarperTeenMass Market Paperback218OL7727112M
1989Knopf–218OL24736573M
1987Chivers North AmericaHardcover360OL9692010M
1979Puffin Books–204OL22372439M

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Questions

How many pages is Charmed Life?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 360 pages.
How long does it take to read Charmed Life?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Charmed Life?
Roughly 60,000 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)).