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How many pages is Green Eggs and Ham?

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss has a median of 62 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 62 to 64 pages.

Median pages
62
18 editions counted
Range
62–65
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
17k
at 275 words per page

How long will Green Eggs and Ham take you?

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Reading time
1 h 06 min
At 30 min a day
3 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.

6264661960198020001960: 62 pages1960: 65 pages1962: 62 pages1987: 64 pages1988: 62 pages1988: 62 pages1988: 62 pages1992: 64 pages1992: 62 pages1998: 62 pages1999: 62 pages1999: 62 pages2003: 62 pages2005: 64 pages2006: 62 pages2010: 64 pages2010: 64 pages2016: 64 pagesmedian 62
6264661960198020001960: 62 pages1960: 65 pages1962: 62 pages1987: 64 pages1988: 62 pages1988: 62 pages1988: 62 pages1992: 64 pages1992: 62 pages1998: 62 pages1999: 62 pages1999: 62 pages2003: 62 pages2005: 64 pages2006: 62 pages2010: 64 pages2010: 64 pages2016: 64 pagesmedian 62
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 54 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–64OL28592442M
2010HarperCollins Children's BooksHardcover64OL22661416M
2010HarperCollins Publishers Limited–64OL28457763M
2006Random House–62OL23178279M
2005Random House Books for Young Readers–64OL7429265M
2003Collins–62OL22134566M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding62OL9535182M
1999HarperCollinsChildren's Books–62OL16210249M

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Questions

How many pages is Green Eggs and Ham?
About 62 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 62 to 65 pages.
How long does it take to read Green Eggs and Ham?
About 1 h 06 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is Green Eggs and Ham?
Roughly 17,000 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)).