How long does it take to read Henry IV, Part 1?

About 2 h 49 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 IV, Part 1?

Roughly 44,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1999

How many pages is Henry IV, Part 1?

Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare has a median of 160 pages across 333 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 124 to 209 pages.

Median pages

160

333 editions counted

Range

72–336

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

2.8h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

44k

at 275 words per page

How long will Henry IV, Part 1 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 speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

2 h 49 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.

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 33 editions without a publication year not plotted.

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	144	5	2 h 32 min
Paperback	155	26	2 h 44 min

Editions counted

The 333 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 48 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 958 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	104	OL56685778M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	162	OL56512819M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	216	OL55722466M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	116	OL55021463M
2017	Pixabay	–	150	OL55173776M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	118	OL56677527M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	110	OL56400627M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL56681783M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	94	OL55580040M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	136	OL55337298M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	110	OL56309021M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	112	OL54845071M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	146	OL54917427M
2017	Penguin Publishing Group	–	160	OL28620308M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	140	OL55952622M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL55172560M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	90	OL55354326M
2017	Mybook	–	90	OL54687631M
2017	Mybook	–	150	OL56508282M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	114	OL55525088M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	140	OL55003967M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	166	OL55363175M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL55657649M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	142	OL56032387M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL54913090M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL56496358M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL55741071M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	142	OL55244578M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	118	OL56110117M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	112	OL55398085M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	102	OL56443932M
2016	Lerner Publishing Group	–	136	OL29780812M
2016	Simon & Schuster	–	336	OL34014965M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL55626368M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	172	OL54786856M
2016	Lerner Publishing Group	–	136	OL29732425M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	90	OL56034968M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	142	OL54829203M
2016	Lerner Publishing Group	–	136	OL29729990M
2016	Lerner Publishing Group	–	136	OL29732465M
2016	Bookstore	–	150	OL55490226M
2015	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	140	OL55422812M
2015	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	148	OL55302763M
2015	Joe Books Inc.	–	200	OL34024283M
2015	The Perfect Library	–	92	OL54957253M
2015	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	150	OL55421731M
2015	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	102	OL55068259M
2014	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	170	OL56253737M
2014	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	132	OL56129121M
2014	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	96	OL55146236M
2014	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	90	OL56461544M
2014	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	204	OL54937829M
2012	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	122	OL54570252M
2012	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	212	OL54375363M
2012	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	146	OL54097290M
2010	Nicolo Whimsey Press	–	72	OL53284662M
2010	Akasha Classics	paperback	150	OL34601876M
2009	Modern Library	–	216	OL25008511M
2009	Focus Pub./R. Pullins Co.	–	122	OL25008548M
2009	Cambridge University Press	–	210	OL25562514M
2008	Oxford University Press	–	315	OL16993099M
2008	Oxford University Press	–	150	OL25007382M
2007	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	256	OL10436409M
2007	Cambridge University Press	–	237	OL17251144M
2007	Filiquarian	Paperback	178	OL12502535M
2006	Hard Press	Paperback	84	OL11684116M
2006	Yale University Press	–	233	OL29220003M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	156	OL9716922M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	154	OL10370592M
2006	Yale University Press	–	196	OL3412981M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	154	OL10416576M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	172	OL9673202M
2006	Yale University Press	–	233	OL29695263M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	166	OL10370482M
2006	Icon Reference	Paperback	204	OL7652816M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	156	OL10370384M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	152	OL10416669M
2005	Nick Hern Books	Paperback	222	OL8990404M
2005	1st World Library	Paperback	112	OL8491606M
2005	Yale University Press	–	196	OL22725820M
2005	1st World Library	Hardcover	112	OL8491584M
2004	Oxford University Press, USA	–	184	OL7399656M
2004	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	–	182	OL29673049M
2004	Kessinger Publishing	Paperback	156	OL8472884M
2004	Nick Hern	–	222	OL17152828M
2002	IndyPublish.com	Paperback	112	OL9832118M
2002	Oxford University Press, USA	Paperback	148	OL10138824M
2002	IndyPublish.com	Hardcover	112	OL9808901M
2001	Adamant Media Corporation	Paperback	116	OL10503662M
2000	IDG	–	182	OL23031069M
2000	Cliffs Notes	Paperback	182	OL8051882M
2000	Applause Books	–	124	OL16983631M
2000	Penguin Books	–	117	OL6806564M
2000	Penguin Classics	–	160	OL7357413M
2000	Applause Books	Paperback	124	OL8602222M
1999	Arden Shakespeare	–	288	OL7381608M
1999	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	208	OL7749227M
1998	Oxford University Press, USA	–	336	OL7384039M
1998	Oxford University Press	–	315	OL22980838M
1998	Signet Classics	–	336	OL7577282M
1998	Cambridge University Press	–	204	OL82357M
1998	Signet Classic	–	260	OL22980833M
1998	NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company	Paperback	112	OL8978572M
1997	Dover Publications	–	85	OL1000131M
1997	Cambridge University Press	–	214	OL973378M
1995	Oxford University Press, USA	–	172	OL7399630M
1994	Washington Square Press	–	274	OL110760M
1994	Washington Square Press	–	274	OL23110470M
1994	Wordsworth Classics	–	116	OL24373216M
1993	Oxford University Press	–	148	OL22634111M
1993	Oxford University Press	–	148	OL21173135M
1989	Dufour Editions	Paperback	282	OL9980356M
1988	Bantam	–	156	OL2394469M
1987	Oxford University Press	–	315	OL2711540M
1987	Oxford University Press, USA	–	176	OL7399623M
1987	New American Library	–	283	OL20672779M
1987	Penguin Books	–	283	OL22602600M
1987	Clarendon Press	–	315	OL2709881M
1987	Arden Shakespeare	–	282	OL7481159M
1987	Macmillan	–	118	OL21289203M
1987	Oxford University Press, USA	–	325	OL7396511M
1985	Routledge	–	228	OL7498975M
1985	Barron's	–	282	OL3021082M
1985	University Press of America	–	127	OL2541406M
1984	Hutchinson	–	282	OL14907691M
1984	Hutchinson	–	282	OL19741770M
1984	Oxford University Press	–	142	OL21173128M
1983	Washington Square Press	Paperback	115	OL7648974M
1981	Penguin Classics	–	256	OL7357284M
1980	Penguin	–	254	OL16827575M
1979	Mayflower Books	–	111	OL24746997M
1979	Gloucester	Paperback	112	OL10634931M
1975	Macmillan	–	247	OL4938050M
1974	Penguin Books	–	254	OL57271637M
1974	Methuen	–	203	OL15174964M
1973	Collins	–	271	OL14875277M
1973	Hayden Book Co.	–	136	OL5305458M
1970	Nelson	–	208	OL20018219M
1970	Penguin Books	–	134	OL5444116M
1970	Nelson	–	208	OL14954358M
1969	Blackie Schools	–	180	OL7413764M
1969	Blackie	–	86	OL4860742M
1969	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	258	OL7716746M
1968	Ginn	–	82	OL21537854M
1968	Penquin	–	254	OL26899948M
1968	C.U.P.	–	210	OL21493321M
1968	Cambridge U.P.	–	210	OL5651722M
1968	Cambridge University Press	–	210	OL16566519M
1968	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	258	OL7731797M
1968	Dell Pub. Co.	–	317	OL5596070M
1967	Airmont Pub. Co.	–	143	OL26573332M
1967	Airmont Pub. Co.	–	143	OL5595754M
1967	Bobbs-Merrill	–	176	OL5996067M
1966	J.M. Dent	–	162	OL16661600M
1966	Kraus Reprint	–	121	OL22387672M
1966	Clarendon P.	–	88	OL16666119M
1966	Clarendon Press	–	88	OL14672294M
1966	Longmans	–	159	OL22202813M
1966	Oxford at the Clarendon Press	–	106	OL58865356M
1966	Methuen	–	203	OL23754804M
1966	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	117	OL5978587M
1966	John Wiley & Sons Inc	Hardcover	144	OL10296966M
1966	Longman Canada	–	226	OL45853827M
1966	Clarendon P.	–	88	OL23334675M
1965	Methuen	–	203	OL43753703M
1965	Folio Society	–	210	OL58898569M
1965	Folio Society	–	104	OL2314902M
1965	New American Library	–	268	OL5936003M
1965	Yale Univ. Press	–	169	OL32156102M
1965	Longman	–	285	OL19882878M
1965	Signet Classics	–	288	OL7577110M
1965	Heinemann Educational Books	–	250	OL5550742M
1964	Bantam Books	–	256	OL58865386M
1964	Bantam Books	–	237	OL5915308M
1964	Pelican	–	146	OL47036709M
1964	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL19012882M
1963	Printed for the Shakespeare society	–	121	OL16267099M
1962	University of London P	–	174	OL20907097M
1962	Clarke, Irwin	–	178	OL19942541M
1962	–	–	199	OL26571079M
1962	Nortn	–	278	OL23266015M
1962	Norton	–	278	OL15956999M
1962	S/R Books	–	117	OL21681902M
1962	D. McKay	–	159	OL21345124M
1962	Macmillan	–	199	OL19942539M
1962	University of London Press	–	174	OL21345130M
1962	Norton	–	278	OL5849024M
1961	Washington Square Press	–	115	OL5816382M
1961	Heinemann	–	250	OL17086982M
1961	Methuen	–	202	OL50133458M
1961	Ginn	–	194	OL59351539M
1961	Harvard University Press	–	202	OL27107346M
1960	Harvard University Press	–	202	OL27791648M
1960	Methuen	–	202	OL22202824M
1960	washington square press	–	292	OL58869740M
1960	Harvard University Press	–	202	OL57642967M
1960	Methuen	–	203	OL49890926M
1960	Routledge	–	202	OL7498963M
1960	Longmans, Green	–	159	OL5792531M
1960	Arden Shakespeare Paperbacks	–	290	OL58922399M
1960	Harvard University Press	–	202	OL22340777M
1959	Dell Pub. Co.	–	219	OL5791633M
1958	University Press	–	116	OL15957029M
1958	Cambridge At The University Press	–	126	OL59009217M
1958	University Press	–	210	OL19942553M
1957	Penguin Classics	–	144	OL7357380M
1957	Penguin Books	–	139	OL6200869M
1955	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL61037963M
1952	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL21025944M
1952	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL6108566M
1952	Clarendon P	–	192	OL19948518M
1949	Cambridge University Press	–	209	OL21699960M
1949	Cambridge University Press	–	209	OL19422921M
1947	Yale University Press	–	169	OL32279639M
1947	Yale University Press	–	169	OL6026356M
1946	University Press	–	210	OL14677779M
1946	Appleton-Century-Crofts	–	86	OL6520167M
1940	Ginn and Company	–	230	OL58836829M
1940	–	–	230	OL58634740M
1940	Ginn and company	–	230	OL58724586M
1940	Ginn and Company	–	209	OL6402424M
1938	Penguin Books	–	131	OL19993927M
1938	Penguin	–	142	OL13906766M
1938	Peguin Books	–	146	OL58836801M
1936	Yale University Press; [etc., etc.]	–	148	OL43765939M
1935	Dutton	–	103	OL43753673M
1935	Macmillan	–	160	OL19664462M
1934	Dent	–	145	OL19679716M
1934	J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.	–	148	OL22928687M
1930	S. French	–	75	OL19736232M
1930	Macmillian co.	–	163	OL60598352M
1930	Methuen	–	208	OL59789014M
1925	Methuen	–	204	OL61131288M
1922	Ginn & Company	–	232	OL43530392M
1922	Ginn and Company	–	159	OL20440838M
1922	Ginn	–	159	OL18226670M
1922	Ginn	–	159	OL14016851M
1921	American Book Co.	–	276	OL15956982M
1920	T.C. and E.C. Jack	–	124	OL58472150M
1919	Dent	–	162	OL60656323M
1919	Methuen	–	202	OL7111893M
1917	Yale University Press; [etc., etc.]	–	148	OL16675574M
1917	D. C. Heath	–	218	OL24663066M
1917	Yale University Press	–	148	OL23770532M
1917	D. C. Heath	–	262	OL58836792M
1917	D. C. Heath	–	218	OL24785990M
1917	D.C. Heath & Co.	–	218	OL6604664M
1914	J.M. Dent and co	–	162	OL15945691M
1913	W.B. Clive, University Tutorial Press	–	170	OL62014097M
1911	The Macmillan Company	–	163	OL6537706M
1910	Macmillan	–	199	OL15956869M
1910	at the University Press	–	172	OL62015355M
1910	J. M. Dent	–	162	OL59126190M
1909	Duffield	–	90	OL59420814M
1909	Bigelow Smith & co.	–	232	OL59076553M
1909	D. C. Heath & Co.	–	178	OL59146531M
1908	American Book Co.	–	212	OL57707444M
1908	Ginn and company	–	205	OL24187905M
1906	Heath	–	178	OL43765938M
1906	Dent	–	162	OL16338779M
1904	Dent and co.	–	162	OL62193566M
1904	D.C. Heath	–	178	OL60022361M
1903	J.M. Dent	–	162	OL31956146M
1902	Adam and Charles Black	–	124	OL61645048M
1901	University Society	–	187	OL23303204M
1900	Blackie	–	228	OL17132226M
1900	[s.n.]	–	117	OL53696318M
1900	S. French	–	75	OL22351353M
1900	Balckie	–	228	OL7211759M
1898	Dent and Co.	–	162	OL61407387M
1898	American Book Co.	–	212	OL15956973M
1896	Harper	–	210	OL7138287M
1895	J.M. Dent	–	162	OL25261656M
1894	Harper & brothers	–	210	OL6579389M
1893	Macmillan	–	195	OL18187664M
1893	G.P. Putnam's Sons	–	176	OL44949059M
1890	Blackie	–	228	OL58474362M
1885	Clark & Maynard	–	144	OL24733702M
1885	Clark & Maynard	–	144	OL24819235M
1881	W. Griggs	–	79	OL14041941M
1881	W. Griggs	–	79	OL61248212M
1871	For private circulation only	–	78	OL61001025M
1866	For private circulation only	–	78	OL60067425M
1861	For private circulation only	–	78	OL13489096M
1845	Printed for the Shakespeare society	–	121	OL6588052M
1824	printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown	–	81	OL60712185M
1823	Pub. by Wells and Lilly, Court Street, and A.T. Goodrich and	–	113	OL59557752M
1822	Pub. for the Proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall [et	–	82	OL6635397M
1815	Printed for John Miller	–	76	OL59939699M
1811	D. Longworth	–	75	OL575905M
1811	Published by D. Longworth	–	75	OL60734383M
1797	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	78	OL56582257M
1785	Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell ...	–	122	OL59389295M
1751	Pr. for J. and P. Knapton	–	95	OL16538214M
1734	J. Tonson	–	96	OL17009863M
1734	Printed for J. Tonson	–	96	OL45033068M
1639	Printed by John Norton, and are to be sold by Hugh Perry, at	–	80	OL25608366M
1639	Printed by John Norton, and are to be sold by Hvgh Perry, at	–	76	OL19250970M
1632	Printed by Iohn Norton, and are to bee sold by William Shear	–	80	OL25608367M
1622	Printed by T.P. and are to be sold by Mathew Law, dwelling i	–	80	OL25389979M

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Questions

How many pages is Henry IV, Part 1?: About 160 pages: that is the median of 333 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 72 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read Henry IV, Part 1?: About 2 h 49 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 IV, Part 1?: Roughly 44,000 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)).