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How many pages is God Help the Child?

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison has a median of 200 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 210 pages.

Median pages
200
6 editions counted
Range
178–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
55k
at 275 words per page

How long will God Help the Child 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
3 h 32 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.

2003004002013201420152016201720182015: 208 pages2015: 178 pages2015: 400 pages2015: 211 pages2016: 192 pages2016: 192 pagesmedian 200
2003004002014201620182015: 208 pages2015: 178 pages2015: 400 pages2015: 211 pages2016: 192 pages2016: 192 pagesmedian 200
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Vintagepaperback192OL31836971M
2016Penguin Random House–192OL28583691M
2015Penguin Random House–208OL34511413M
2015Alfred A. Knopf–178OL26882701M
2015Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A.–400OL29711574M
2015––211OL27185053M

More by Toni Morrison

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Questions

How many pages is God Help the Child?
About 200 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 178 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read God Help the Child?
About 3 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is God Help the Child?
Roughly 55,000 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)).