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Book · by Robert McCloskey · first published 1976

How many pages is Homer Price?

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey has a median of 149 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 149 pages.

Median pages
149
7 editions counted
Range
149–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
41k
at 275 words per page

How long will Homer Price 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 38 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.

1451501551601960198020001943: 149 pages1943: 149 pages1943: 149 pages1949: 149 pages1976: 149 pages1989: 160 pages2005: 149 pagesmedian 149
1451501551601950197520001943: 149 pages1943: 149 pages1943: 149 pages1949: 149 pages1976: 149 pages1989: 160 pages2005: 149 pagesmedian 149
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 18 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2005Puffin–149OL7360754M
1989Scholastic Inc.–160OL22151401M
1976Puffin Books–149OL22478934M
1949Viking–149OL21834596M
1943The Viking Press–149OL14644795M
1943The Viking Press–149OL23248204M
1943Viking Press–149OL22971582M

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Questions

How many pages is Homer Price?
About 149 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 149 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read Homer Price?
About 2 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Homer Price?
Roughly 41,000 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)).