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Book · by Judy Blume · first published 1957

How many pages is Forever?

Forever by Judy Blume has a median of 204 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 217 pages.

Median pages
204
20 editions counted
Range
155–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
56k
at 275 words per page

How long will Forever take you?

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Reading time
3 h 35 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.

1502002501960198020001957: 220 pages1975: 199 pages1975: 199 pages1976: 220 pages1976: 220 pages1976: 199 pages1978: 157 pages1982: 216 pages1989: 224 pages1995: 155 pages1999: 199 pages2001: 178 pages2007: 213 pages2007: 192 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 192 pages2008: 178 pages2012: 208 pages2014: 240 pages2015: 208 pagesmedian 203
1502002501960198020001957: 220 pages1975: 199 pages1975: 199 pages1976: 220 pages1976: 220 pages1976: 199 pages1978: 157 pages1982: 216 pages1989: 224 pages1995: 155 pages1999: 199 pages2001: 178 pages2007: 213 pages2007: 192 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 192 pages2008: 178 pages2012: 208 pages2014: 240 pages2015: 208 pagesmedian 203
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
Hardcover19933 h 30 min
Paperback20043 h 32 min
Mass market21823 h 51 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 44 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Pan Macmillan–208OL28557661M
2014Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–240OL35931013M
2012Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing–208OL29657444M
2008Young Picadorpaperback178OL40205647M
2007Simon Spotlight EntertainmentMass Market Paperback213OL8458939M
2007FollettBound Platinumlibrary binding192OL49829458M
2007Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPaperback208OL11759183M
2007Simon PulsePaperback192OL8458643M

More by Judy Blume

All 13 books by Judy Blume with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Forever?
About 204 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 155 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Forever?
About 3 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Forever?
Roughly 56,000 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)).