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How many pages is George's Marvelous Medicine?

George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl has a median of 96 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 88 to 112 pages.

Median pages
96
19 editions counted
Range
81–152
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
26k
at 275 words per page

How long will George's Marvelous Medicine 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 42 min
At 30 min a day
4 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.

751001251501990200020101981: 96 pages1981: 96 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 112 pages1982: 88 pages1983: 88 pages1983: 88 pages1990: 152 pages1991: 96 pages1991: 112 pages1997: 88 pages1998: 88 pages2001: 112 pages2002: 88 pages2002: 112 pages2003: 96 pages2007: 96 pages2011: 81 pages2016: 112 pagesmedian 96
7510012515020001981: 96 pages1981: 96 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 112 pages1982: 88 pages1983: 88 pages1983: 88 pages1990: 152 pages1991: 96 pages1991: 112 pages1997: 88 pages1998: 88 pages2001: 112 pages2002: 88 pages2002: 112 pages2003: 96 pages2007: 96 pages2011: 81 pages2016: 112 pagesmedian 96
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
Hardcover13222 h 20 min
Paperback9631 h 42 min

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 104 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Penguin Books, Limited–112OL28610756M
2011Penguin–81OL28227578M
2007PuffinPaperback96OL9735032M
2003Jonathan Cape Children's Books–96OL7414612M
2002Alfred A. Knopf–88OL3567304M
2002Knopf Books for Young Readershardcover112OL40282470M
2001Puffin Books–112OL7359576M
1998Puffin Books–88OL464773M

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Questions

How many pages is George's Marvelous Medicine?
About 96 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 81 to 152 pages.
How long does it take to read George's Marvelous Medicine?
About 1 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is George's Marvelous Medicine?
Roughly 26,000 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)).