Book · by Jonathan Swift · first published 1966
How many pages is Gulliver's Travels?
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift has a median of 280 pages across 826 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 219 to 343 pages.
Median pages
280
826 editions counted
Range
128–608
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
77k
at 275 words per page
How long will Gulliver's Travels take you?
Reading time
4 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 302 | 16 | 5 h 20 min |
| Paperback | 324 | 30 | 5 h 43 min |
Editions counted
The 826 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 171 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 1,882 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 352 | OL33983517M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 160 | OL33392705M |
| 2008 | Chelsea House Publishers | Hardcover | 256 | OL11149631M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 412 | OL11943197M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 156 | OL33352860M |
| 2007 | Sterling | Hardcover | 320 | OL11637562M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 172 | OL11975067M |
| 2007 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 364 | OL33352861M |
| 2007 | Random House UK | Paperback | 352 | OL9983909M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 188 | OL11975109M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 410 | OL10571965M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434691M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 580 | OL9694306M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 324 | OL9581317M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 604 | OL8501865M |
| 2006 | Borders Classics | – | 264 | OL28865405M |
| 2006 | Rodgers Books, Alan | – | 312 | OL33361452M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 380 | OL11681605M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 326 | OL10416547M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 400 | OL7652766M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 304 | OL13180566M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 572 | OL8963046M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | – | 593 | OL42848607M |
| 2006 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 212 | OL11651939M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 324 | OL10416635M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 320 | OL9598857M |
| 2006 | Rodgers Books, Alan | – | 312 | OL33370580M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 320 | OL9404091M |
| 2005 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 128 | OL8599479M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 362 | OL3298026M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 322 | OL10370566M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 326 | OL10370460M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 360 | OL10416745M |
| 2005 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 128 | OL8599475M |
| 2004 | – | – | 320 | OL22817881M |
| 2004 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 256 | OL9562979M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 381 | OL32109706M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 352 | OL8870198M |
| 2004 | Ann Arbor Editions LLC | – | 288 | OL33970113M |
| 2004 | New Dawn Press, Incorporated | – | 224 | OL33350755M |
| 2004 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 384 | OL8772730M |
| 2004 | AuthorHouse | – | 372 | OL33378449M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble | – | 333 | OL3697027M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 336 | OL37813322M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 256 | OL11644321M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 240 | OL3955078M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 256 | OL11644322M |
| 2002 | G.K. Hall | – | 464 | OL3953699M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 468 | OL28457632M |
| 2002 | Norton | – | 511 | OL3949678M |
| 2002 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 320 | OL9423316M |
| 2002 | Barnes & Noble | Paperback | 286 | OL8013170M |
| 2001 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 206 | OL7603294M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 356 | OL9464765M |
| 2001 | U P H | – | 183 | OL33972202M |
| 2001 | Penguin Books | – | 305 | OL3970848M |
| 2000 | Eighteen Hundred Seventy Three Press | – | 252 | OL33972205M |
| 2000 | Ann Arbor Editions LLC | – | 272 | OL33975943M |
| 1999 | Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom | – | 320 | OL33992696M |
| 1999 | Tor | – | 294 | OL3282339M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 311 | OL6887459M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 316 | OL6901541M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 371 | OL478564M |
| 1998 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 310 | OL12034643M |
| 1998 | LRS (Library Reproduction Service) | Library Binding | 450 | OL12279975M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 336 | OL7357098M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 301 | OL12286498M |
| 1997 | Core Knowledge Foundation | – | 188 | OL710768M |
| 1997 | Puffin | – | 352 | OL7354327M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 288 | OL8978408M |
| 1997 | Cyber Classics, Incorporated | – | 436 | OL33970492M |
| 1997 | English & Media Centre | – | 188 | OL22833908M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | – | 226 | OL22784550M |
| 1996 | Modern Library | – | 390 | OL806653M |
| 1996 | Paperback | 352 | OL7643994M | |
| 1995 | Könemann | – | 321 | OL19081467M |
| 1995 | Barnes & Noble | – | 400 | OL542360M |
| 1995 | Gramercy | Hardcover | 291 | OL7687895M |
| 1995 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 480 | OL1752263M |
| 1993 | Bloomsbury | – | 190 | OL22832962M |
| 1993 | North Books | – | 495 | OL34028052M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 318 | OL22637367M |
| 1992 | Kidsbooks | Paperback | 128 | OL8636524M |
| 1992 | Courage Books | – | 219 | OL1744672M |
| 1991 | Knopf | – | 318 | OL1567485M |
| 1991 | J.M. Dent | – | 318 | OL1486160M |
| 1990 | Russell,Geddes & Grosset | – | 284 | OL22828389M |
| 1988 | Da Capo Press | – | 519 | OL2039630M |
| 1987 | Running Press | – | 219 | OL2410933M |
| 1986 | Heinemann | – | 336 | OL7508243M |
| 1986 | Oxford University Press | – | 379 | OL2715562M |
| 1986 | Blackwell Publishers | Hardcover | 360 | OL11014853M |
| 1985 | Chancellor Publications Limited | – | 289 | OL33359961M |
| 1985 | Avenel Books | – | 291 | OL2861470M |
| 1985 | Signet Classics | – | 318 | OL7576987M |
| 1984 | Schocken Books | – | 256 | OL3184304M |
| 1984 | Herbert | – | 256 | OL22838034M |
| 1983 | Ulverscroft | – | 417 | OL22820711M |
| 1983 | Dell Publishing Company | – | 352 | OL33970105M |
| 1983 | Charnwood | Hardcover | 432 | OL7778697M |
| 1982 | Franklin Library | – | 284 | OL3121704M |
| 1982 | Penguin Books | – | 360 | OL37813364M |
| 1981 | Franklin Library | – | 273 | OL3854719M |
| 1981 | Great River Books | Hardcover | 544 | OL11414310M |
| 1980 | C.N. Potter | – | 298 | OL21486392M |
| 1980 | Brown Watson. | – | 188 | OL22363453M |
| 1980 | Great Ocean Publishers | – | 519 | OL4108031M |
| 1980 | Macmillan Publishers Limited | – | 381 | OL33369145M |
| 1980 | Dean | – | 184 | OL22840553M |
| 1980 | Macmillan | – | 381 | OL21173473M |
| 1979 | Fono | – | 179 | OL20415027M |
| 1977 | Franklin Library | – | 325 | OL4475913M |
| 1977 | Pan Books | – | 299 | OL4286395M |
| 1977 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL4536722M |
| 1977 | St. Martin's Press | – | 266 | OL19809190M |
| 1976 | Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints | – | 199 | OL21479485M |
| 1976 | Appletree Press | – | 266 | OL4603876M |
| 1976 | Appletree Press, Limited | – | 266 | OL33356857M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 318 | OL17730479M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 318 | OL22377367M |
| 1974 | Franklin Library | – | 326 | OL4937520M |
| 1973 | Danbury Press | – | 187 | OL37814897M |
| 1972 | Folio Society | – | 262 | OL37813473M |
| 1972 | Longman | – | 328 | OL5459750M |
| 1971 | Oxford University Press | – | 379 | OL5294298M |
| 1971 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 432 | OL7452457M |
| 1971 | Bantam | – | 354 | OL22786492M |
| 1970 | Amsco School Publications | – | 281 | OL43399441M |
| 1969 | Childrens Press | – | 192 | OL5076187M |
| 1969 | F. Watts | – | 356 | OL5284170M |
| 1969 | Modern Library | – | 362 | OL5688880M |
| 1969 | Modern Library | – | 362 | OL19230147M |
| 1968 | Odyssey Press | – | 288 | OL37813586M |
| 1968 | Heritage Press | – | 343 | OL39803455M |
| 1968 | Macmillan | – | 288 | OL5613084M |
| 1967 | Penguin Classics | – | 368 | OL7354669M |
| 1967 | University Microfilms | – | 381 | OL5549187M |
| 1967 | Penguin Books | – | 360 | OL5530240M |
| 1965 | Methuen | – | 258 | OL19806828M |
| 1965 | Methuen | – | 258 | OL13937323M |
| 1965 | Blackwell | – | 332 | OL23788351M |
| 1965 | Blackwell | – | 332 | OL13656908M |
| 1965 | B. Blackwell | – | 332 | OL22037844M |
| 1964 | J. M. Dent & Sons | – | 210 | OL37813487M |
| 1964 | Heinemann | – | 322 | OL18771106M |
| 1963 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 315 | OL5858648M |
| 1963 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 315 | OL13794748M |
| 1962 | Dent | – | 318 | OL19806826M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 260 | OL23754443M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 260 | OL5857375M |
| 1962 | Golden Press | – | 155 | OL5852351M |
| 1961 | Duell, Sloane and Pearce | – | 175 | OL37814904M |
| 1961 | Norton | – | 361 | OL20942294M |
| 1961 | Norton | – | 361 | OL5822421M |
| 1961 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 295 | OL15995717M |
| 1960 | New American Library | – | 319 | OL37813481M |
| 1960 | Signet Classics | – | 319 | OL7576519M |
| 1960 | Riverside Press | – | 564 | OL13832112M |
| 1960 | New American Library | – | 319 | OL37813430M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 286 | OL7465470M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 258 | OL25414209M |
| 1960 | Methuen | – | 564 | OL13926767M |
| 1960 | M. A. Donohue | – | 253 | OL22778933M |
| 1959 | Blackwell | – | 332 | OL19806814M |
| 1959 | B. Blackwell | – | 332 | OL14636761M |
| 1959 | Blackwell | – | 332 | OL26535512M |
| 1959 | Blackwell | – | 332 | OL32103572M |
| 1958 | Modern Library | – | 550 | OL20324611M |
| 1958 | Modern Library | – | 550 | OL6245795M |
| 1958 | Modern Library | – | 550 | OL23248900M |
| 1957 | Beacon Press | – | 320 | OL6224148M |
| 1957 | Fine Editions Press | – | 242 | OL6219140M |
| 1956 | Dent | – | 318 | OL43730622M |
| 1956 | Rand McNally & Company | – | 354 | OL37813466M |
| 1955 | Oxford University Press | – | 195 | OL6219087M |
| 1955 | Oxford University Press | – | 208 | OL22374161M |
| 1955 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 556 | OL21142882M |
| 1955 | Ronald Press Company | – | 374 | OL37813492M |
| 1955 | Rand McNally & Company | – | 344 | OL39803480M |
| 1954 | Junior Deluxe Editions | Hardcover | 272 | OL27992170M |
| 1954 | Rinehart | – | 295 | OL15995559M |
| 1954 | Junior Deluxe Editions | – | 272 | OL6167294M |
| 1954 | J.M. Dent | – | 318 | OL13535178M |
| 1953 | Collins | – | 320 | OL13673234M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 556 | OL17806647M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 556 | OL45414398M |
| 1952 | Dent | – | 210 | OL6135158M |
| 1950 | Dodd, Mead | – | 313 | OL3776964M |
| 1950 | Harper & Brothers | – | 313 | OL6068167M |
| 1950 | Limited Editions Club | – | 150 | OL6066332M |
| 1949 | Steck Co. | – | 144 | OL6048772M |
| 1949 | The Peter pauper Press | – | 285 | OL20836766M |
| 1948 | Rinehart | – | 295 | OL6032624M |
| 1948 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 295 | OL24953406M |
| 1948 | World Pub. Co. | – | 254 | OL6033490M |
| 1948 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 295 | OL37813529M |
| 1948 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 295 | OL44907746M |
| 1948 | Folio Society | – | 153 | OL15141437M |
| 1948 | The World Publishing Company | Hardcover | 254 | OL27991811M |
| 1947 | Crown Publishers | – | 358 | OL6515348M |
| 1947 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 331 | OL6520798M |
| 1947 | World Publishing Company | – | 254 | OL37814835M |
| 1947 | Hamish Hamilton | – | 329 | OL22352246M |
| 1947 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 331 | OL7539807M |
| 1947 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 306 | OL6522793M |
| 1947 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 352 | OL33970106M |
| 1947 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 306 | OL22788211M |
| 1946 | Macmillan | – | 351 | OL15995513M |
| 1945 | Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. | – | 308 | OL6485130M |
| 1945 | Doubleday & Company | – | 308 | OL37814902M |
| 1941 | Basil Blackwell | – | 316 | OL14638428M |
| 1940 | Collins clear-type Press | – | 351 | OL13571599M |
| 1940 | The Heritage press | – | 343 | OL17880300M |
| 1940 | Dent | – | 318 | OL17919010M |
| 1940 | Peter Pauper Press | – | 285 | OL6058981M |
| 1940 | The Heritage press | – | 343 | OL6399862M |
| 1940 | J.M. Dent & sons ltd. | – | 318 | OL6419519M |
| 1940 | Whitman Pub. Co. | – | 237 | OL6431312M |
| 1940 | The Heritage Press | – | 343 | OL45033769M |
| 1940 | Heritage Press | – | 330 | OL15263986M |
| 1939 | Temple Press | – | 291 | OL14819547M |
| 1939 | Clarendon Press | – | 426 | OL22352497M |
| 1938 | T. Nelson | – | 374 | OL6381624M |
| 1938 | Ronald Press | – | 374 | OL32103578M |
| 1938 | Nelson | – | 374 | OL19484676M |
| 1937 | Temple Press | – | 291 | OL15048587M |
| 1937 | Spencer Press | – | 310 | OL6352779M |
| 1933 | Long | – | 286 | OL16667680M |
| 1932 | Black's Readers Service | – | 304 | OL19082016M |
| 1932 | W. J. Black, inc. | – | 304 | OL6287447M |
| 1931 | John Lane, the Bodley Head | – | 355 | OL6280659M |
| 1931 | Macmillan Company | – | 316 | OL37813533M |
| 1930 | John C. Winston | – | 274 | OL23267098M |
| 1930 | R. R. Smith, inc. | – | 286 | OL6749635M |
| 1930 | The John C. Winston company | – | 274 | OL6745820M |
| 1929 | Limited Editions Club | – | 293 | OL23029588M |
| 1928 | Clarendon Press | – | 426 | OL15995479M |
| 1927 | Blackie and Son Limited | Hardcover | 256 | OL25644015M |
| 1927 | Macmillan company | – | 316 | OL17638568M |
| 1926 | First Edition Club | – | 490 | OL18493539M |
| 1926 | First Edition Club | – | 490 | OL6706264M |
| 1925 | A. & C. Black, Ltd. | – | 307 | OL19081334M |
| 1925 | A.A. Knopf | – | 363 | OL24397377M |
| 1925 | A.A. Knopf | – | 363 | OL6682842M |
| 1925 | G. Bell | – | 308 | OL17639900M |
| 1924 | Humphrey Milford | – | 289 | OL17787339M |
| 1923 | G.W. Jacobs and Company | – | 370 | OL6659999M |
| 1923 | The Macmillan company | – | 381 | OL6670663M |
| 1922 | J. M. Dent & co. | – | 279 | OL43730548M |
| 1922 | The Macmillan company | – | 381 | OL25312550M |
| 1922 | Small, Maynard & company | – | 310 | OL6651838M |
| 1920 | Harcourt, Brace | – | 306 | OL7166422M |
| 1919 | Harrap | – | 296 | OL4277825M |
| 1917 | The Macmillan Company | – | 296 | OL6603621M |
| 1915 | Clarendon Press | – | 426 | OL14638431M |
| 1914 | Ginn and Company | – | 256 | OL43820751M |
| 1913 | Harper & Brothers | – | 350 | OL15048380M |
| 1912 | Rand, McNally & Company | – | 344 | OL6554267M |
| 1909 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 291 | OL6372811M |
| 1906 | G. Routledge and sons, limited | – | 445 | OL43730623M |
| 1902 | Oxford University Press | – | 381 | OL22601553M |
| 1901 | T.Y. Crowell & Co. [c1901] | – | 383 | OL6907065M |
| 1900 | Blackie & Son | – | 136 | OL19147513M |
| 1900 | J.M. Dent | – | 363 | OL45015923M |
| 1900 | Heron Books | – | 316 | OL18387869M |
| 1900 | heron Books. | – | 316 | OL22676616M |
| 1900 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 310 | OL17637592M |
| 1900 | Manhattan Press | – | 196 | OL25312540M |
| 1896 | Dent | – | 405 | OL43730377M |
| 1896 | Longmans Green | – | 307 | OL24173001M |
| 1895 | New York Publishing Co | – | 333 | OL20176720M |
| 1895 | George Routledge and Sons, Limited | – | 414 | OL43833606M |
| 1894 | David McKay | – | 416 | OL19148198M |
| 1894 | Lupton | – | 333 | OL19082170M |
| 1894 | Macmillan | – | 381 | OL19644163M |
| 1894 | Macmillan | – | 381 | OL24173027M |
| 1888 | Belford, Clarke, & Co. | – | 333 | OL19082177M |
| 1886 | J.C. Nimmo | – | 429 | OL577841M |
| 1871 | Gall & Inglis | – | 383 | OL21563568M |
| 1870 | Porter & Coates | – | 484 | OL24173003M |
| 1869 | W.P. Nimmo | – | 608 | OL2420547M |
| 1865 | Casel, Petter, and Galpin | – | 352 | OL6998431M |
| 1864 | J. B. Lippincott & co. | – | 431 | OL26309932M |
| 1864 | S.O. Beeton | – | 362 | OL43820021M |
| 1863 | Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green | – | 184 | OL43820023M |
| 1862 | Willoughby & Company | – | 306 | OL43825864M |
| 1856 | Garnier frères | – | 448 | OL6768572M |
| 1854 | Leavitt & Allen | – | 310 | OL43825567M |
| 1849 | Ignacio Cumplido | – | 492 | OL43730552M |
| 1840 | Hayward and Moore | – | 508 | OL22554157M |
| 1840 | Hayward and Moore | – | 508 | OL22262333M |
| 1821 | T. Barrois, Jnr | – | 464 | OL26445784M |
| 1800 | J. Wanamaker | – | 353 | OL24933253M |
| 1800 | J. Wanamaker | – | 353 | OL24944527M |
| 1800 | J. Wanamaker | – | 353 | OL24947159M |
| 1782 | Printed for Harrison and Co. ... | – | 140 | OL22734144M |
| 1744 | Printed by and for Geo. Faulkner, in Essex-street | – | 306 | OL19146047M |
| 1735 | Printed by and for George Faulkner ... | – | 404 | OL20376604M |
| 1727 | s.n. | – | 159 | OL6644026M |
| 1726 | Odhams Press | – | 327 | OL37814934M |
Questions
- How many pages is Gulliver's Travels?
- About 280 pages: that is the median of 826 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 608 pages.
- How long does it take to read Gulliver's Travels?
- About 4 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is Gulliver's Travels?
- Roughly 77,000 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)).