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How many pages is Going Solo?

Going Solo by Roald Dahl has a median of 209 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 209 pages.

Median pages
209
15 editions counted
Range
205–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page

How long will Going Solo take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
4 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002202401990200020101986: 207 pages1986: 207 pages1986: 208 pages1987: 205 pages1988: 209 pages1988: 208 pages1988: 209 pages1990: 209 pages1990: 209 pages1996: 209 pages1999: 209 pages2001: 209 pages2012: 224 pages2013: 209 pages2018: 240 pagesmedian 209
20022024020001986: 207 pages1986: 207 pages1986: 208 pages1987: 205 pages1988: 209 pages1988: 208 pages1988: 209 pages1990: 209 pages1990: 209 pages1996: 209 pages1999: 209 pages2001: 209 pages2012: 224 pages2013: 209 pages2018: 240 pagesmedian 209
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 57 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Penguin Books, Limited–240OL28688000M
2013––209OL28303073M
2012Penguin Books, Limited–224OL28470646M
2001Puffin–209OL18714241M
1999Puffin Books–209OL349174M
1996Scholastic–209OL24938457M
1990Penguin Books–209OL22861152M
1990Penguin–209OL18609685M

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Questions

How many pages is Going Solo?
About 209 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 205 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Going Solo?
About 4 h 01 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Going Solo?
Roughly 57,000 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)).