Book · by J. K. Rowling
How many pages is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling has a median of 309 pages across 41 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 350 pages.
How long will it take you?
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 | 309 | 14 | 5 h 27 min |
| Paperback | 256 | 15 | 4 h 31 min |
| Mass market | 368 | 2 | 6 h 29 min |
Editions counted
The 41 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 402 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scholastic, Incorporated | – | 320 | OL53326469M |
| 2022 | J.K. Rowling | Hardcover | 309 | OL46835778M |
| 2020 | Scholastic Inc. | hardcover | 368 | OL30167068M |
| 2020 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 368 | OL29496285M |
| 2018 | Bloomsbury Childrens Books | Paperback | 248 | OL26775548M |
| 2018 | Bloomsbury | – | 352 | OL28696529M |
| 2017 | Bloomsbury | Mass Market Paperback | 350 | OL28619596M |
| 2017 | Bloomsbury | Hardcover | 350 | OL26872110M |
| 2017 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | Paperback | 368 | OL28619595M |
| 2016 | Arthur A. Levine Books | Hardcover | 246 | OL26629979M |
| 2015 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 246 | OL53345945M |
| 2015 | Bloomsbury Childrens | Hardcover | 256 | OL25726816M |
| 2015 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 272 | OL29260077M |
| 2014 | Bloomsbury | Paperback | 342 | OL26843077M |
| 2013 | Bloomsbury | paperback | 223 | OL35676065M |
| 2013 | Scholastic | paperback | 336 | OL30621390M |
| 2010 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | paperback | 256 | OL29106843M |
| 2008 | Scholastic | Paperback | 309 | OL32050615M |
| 2008 | Paw Prints | Library Binding | 309 | OL35723750M |
| 2007 | Bloomsbury | Hardcover | 223 | OL7962603M |
| 2007 | Bloomsbury | Paperback | 223 | OL28435584M |
| 2004 | Bloomsbury Children's Books | Paperback | 336 | OL7962629M |
| 2003 | Large Print Press | Paperback | 422 | OL3688332M |
| 2003 | Raincoast Books | paperback | 223 | OL40235949M |
| 2001 | Bloomsbury | Paperback | 223 | OL7962157M |
| 2001 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 464 | OL28425675M |
| 2001 | Scholastic | Mass Market Paperback | 385 | OL16180205M |
| 2000 | Raincoast Books | – | 223 | OL13639000M |
| 2000 | Scholastic Press | Hardcover | 309 | OL16786331M |
| 2000 | Bloomsbury | Paperback | 224 | OL7961604M |
| 1999 | Scholastic Inc. | paperback | 309 | OL61088892M |
| 1999 | Bloomsbury | Hardcover | 224 | OL18137709M |
| 1999 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | 422 | OL48544M |
| 1998 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 309 | OL53332934M |
| 1998 | A.A. Levine Books | Hardcover | 309 | OL691894M |
| 1998 | Arthur A. Levine Books | – | 326 | OL58730299M |
| 1998 | Bloomsbury | Paperback | 223 | OL22856696M |
| 1998 | Ted Smart | Hardcover | 446 | OL10735289M |
| 1998 | Ted Smart | Hardcover | 223 | OL22620224M |
| 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing | Hardcover | 223 | OL25726767M |
| 1997 | Raincoast Books | – | 332 | OL22595027M |
More by J. K. Rowling
- 341 pagesHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 759 pagesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 435 pagesHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 640 pagesHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 816 pagesHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 652 pagesHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
All 11 books by J. K. Rowling with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
- About 309 pages: that is the median of 41 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 223 to 464 pages.
- How long does it take to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
- About 5 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
- Roughly 85,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).