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Book · by Beverly Cleary · first published 1950

How many pages is Henry Huggins?

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary has a median of 155 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 119 to 155 pages.

Median pages
155
17 editions counted
Range
92–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page

How long will Henry Huggins 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
2 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001502001960198020001950: 160 pages1950: 155 pages1950: 155 pages1950: 155 pages1958: 166 pages1959: 92 pages1962: 98 pages1964: 92 pages1967: 155 pages1974: 92 pages1982: 155 pages1989: 131 pages1990: 119 pages2000: 155 pages2000: 155 pages2007: 175 pages2009: 208 pagesmedian 155
1001502001960198020001950: 160 pages1950: 155 pages1950: 155 pages1950: 155 pages1958: 166 pages1959: 92 pages1962: 98 pages1964: 92 pages1967: 155 pages1974: 92 pages1982: 155 pages1989: 131 pages1990: 119 pages2000: 155 pages2000: 155 pages2007: 175 pages2009: 208 pagesmedian 155
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover15582 h 44 min
Paperback9851 h 44 min

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 67 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL29592180M
2007HarperTrophy–175OL23119239M
2000HarperCollins PublishersHardcover155OL6780869M
2000Scholastic Inc.Paperback155OL25631901M
1990TurtlebackLibrary Binding119OL35710555M
1989Cornerstone Books–131OL2200755M
1982YearlingPaperback155OL7521835M
1974Scholastic Book ServicesPaperback92OL27904718M

More by Beverly Cleary

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Questions

How many pages is Henry Huggins?
About 155 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 92 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Henry Huggins?
About 2 h 44 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Henry Huggins?
Roughly 43,000 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)).