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How many pages is First Date?

First Date by Robert Lawrence Stine has a median of 172 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 166 to 176 pages.

Median pages
172
7 editions counted
Range
160–176
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page

How long will First Date 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 02 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.

1601701801995200020051992: 165 pages1994: 172 pages1995: 167 pages2005: 176 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 176 pages2008: 176 pagesmedian 172
16017018020001992: 165 pages1994: 172 pages1995: 167 pages2005: 176 pages2006: 160 pages2006: 176 pages2008: 176 pagesmedian 172
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Simon & Schuster, Limited–176OL33388316M
2006Simon & Schuster–160OL32099283M
2006Tandem LibraryLibrary Binding176OL11763037M
2005Simon PulseMass Market Paperback176OL8457962M
1995Pocket BooksPaperback167OL11077141M
1994Thorndike Press–172OL1430645M
1992Pocket Bookspaperback165OL20508728M

More by Robert Lawrence Stine

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Questions

How many pages is First Date?
About 172 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 176 pages.
How long does it take to read First Date?
About 3 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is First Date?
Roughly 47,000 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)).