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Book · by Beatrice Sparks · first published 1977

How many pages is Go Ask Alice?

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks has a median of 180 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 160 to 189 pages.

Median pages
180
16 editions counted
Range
144–256
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
50k
at 275 words per page

How long will Go Ask Alice take you?

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Reading time
3 h 11 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.

150200250198019902000201020201971: 159 pages1972: 189 pages1972: 189 pages1973: 144 pages1974: 189 pages1974: 159 pages1987: 159 pages1991: 162 pages1997: 161 pages1998: 185 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 185 pages2006: 232 pages2012: 176 pages2018: 256 pages2020: 176 pagesmedian 180
1502002501980200020201971: 159 pages1972: 189 pages1972: 189 pages1973: 144 pages1974: 189 pages1974: 159 pages1987: 159 pages1991: 162 pages1997: 161 pages1998: 185 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 185 pages2006: 232 pages2012: 176 pages2018: 256 pages2020: 176 pagesmedian 180
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
Hardcover17223 h 02 min
Paperback21043 h 43 min
Mass market18933 h 20 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Simon Pulse–176OL29990801M
2018Vintage Bookspaperback256OL28643069M
2012Penguin Random House–176OL28469321M
2006Simon PulsePaperback232OL31900480M
1999Simon Pulse–192OL33978267M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding185OL8136304M
1998Aladdin PaperbacksMass Market Paperback185OL22591684M
1997Arrow–161OL22123487M

Questions

How many pages is Go Ask Alice?
About 180 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 256 pages.
How long does it take to read Go Ask Alice?
About 3 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Go Ask Alice?
Roughly 50,000 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)).