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Book · by Nancy Friday · first published 1975

How many pages is Forbidden Flowers?

Forbidden Flowers by Nancy Friday has a median of 324 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 307 to 324 pages.

Median pages
324
9 editions counted
Range
262–324
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
89k
at 275 words per page

How long will Forbidden Flowers 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
6 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

27530032519801990200020101975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1991: 324 pages1993: 262 pages1994: 307 pages2010: 304 pages2012: 324 pagesmedian 324
275300325198020001975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1975: 324 pages1991: 324 pages1993: 262 pages1994: 307 pages2010: 304 pages2012: 324 pagesmedian 324
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Gallery Books–324OL30727336M
2010Penguin Random House–304OL33388841M
1994Arrow–307OL16794297M
1993Arrow–262OL22833278M
1991PocketMass Market Paperback324OL7663888M
1975PocketPaperback324OL7648172M
1975Pocket Books–324OL24207485M
1975Pocket Books–324OL20031940M

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Questions

How many pages is Forbidden Flowers?
About 324 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 262 to 324 pages.
How long does it take to read Forbidden Flowers?
About 6 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Forbidden Flowers?
Roughly 89,000 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)).