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How many pages is Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim?

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris has a median of 257 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 257 to 272 pages.

Median pages
257
8 editions counted
Range
256–319
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
71k
at 275 words per page

How long will Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 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
4 h 57 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

25027530032520042006200820102004: 257 pages2004: 319 pages2004: 257 pages2004: 257 pages2004: 256 pages2004: 272 pages2005: 257 pages2010: 272 pagesmedian 257
25027530032520042006200820102004: 257 pages2004: 319 pages2004: 257 pages2004: 257 pages2004: 256 pages2004: 272 pages2005: 257 pages2010: 272 pagesmedian 257
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
Hardcover25734 h 57 min
Paperback25724 h 57 min

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–272OL33405620M
2005Back Bay BooksPaperback257OL24205668M
2004Little, Brown and CompanyHardcover257OL14440680M
2004Thorndike PressHardcover319OL3308432M
2004Little, Brown and CompanyHardcover257OL23384508M
2004Little, Brown and CompanyPaperback257OL26800459M
2004Little, Brown Book Group Limited–256OL33355897M
2004Little, Brown Book Group Limited–272OL28964098M

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Questions

How many pages is Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim?
About 257 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 256 to 319 pages.
How long does it take to read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim?
About 4 h 57 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim?
Roughly 71,000 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)).