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How many pages is Esio Trot?

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl has a median of 64 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 62 to 76 pages.

Median pages
64
11 editions counted
Range
48–80
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
18k
at 275 words per page

How long will Esio Trot 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
1 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

608019902000201020201990: 62 pages1990: 61 pages1992: 62 pages1999: 64 pages2008: 62 pages2009: 80 pages2013: 80 pages2014: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 80 pages2020: 48 pagesmedian 64
608019902000201020201990: 62 pages1990: 61 pages1992: 62 pages1999: 64 pages2008: 62 pages2009: 80 pages2013: 80 pages2014: 72 pages2016: 64 pages2016: 80 pages2020: 48 pagesmedian 64
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 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 69 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Penguin Books, Limited–48OL28063135M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–64OL28606966M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–80OL28592326M
2014Random House Children's Books–72OL28540024M
2013Puffin–80OL26797495M
2009Puffin Bks–80OL26779028M
2008Scholastic–62OL7510740M
1999Puffin–64OL7359423M

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Questions

How many pages is Esio Trot?
About 64 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 48 to 80 pages.
How long does it take to read Esio Trot?
About 1 h 08 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is Esio Trot?
Roughly 18,000 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)).