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How many pages is Fortunately, the Milk?

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman has a median of 128 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 128 to 141 pages.

Median pages
128
5 editions counted
Range
128–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page

How long will Fortunately, the Milk take you?

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Reading time
2 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

14016020142016201820202013: 128 pages2013: 128 pages2014: 128 pages2015: 141 pages2020: 160 pagesmedian 128
1401602015201720202013: 128 pages2013: 128 pages2014: 128 pages2015: 141 pages2020: 160 pagesmedian 128
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 16 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–160OL29458133M
2015Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers–141OL31979860M
2014HarperCollins Publishers–128OL34134473M
2013HarperCollins Publishers Limited–128OL29669951M
2013HarperCollinsHardcover128OL25650941M

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Questions

How many pages is Fortunately, the Milk?
About 128 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read Fortunately, the Milk?
About 2 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Fortunately, the Milk?
Roughly 35,000 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)).