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How many pages is Horton Hears a Who!?

Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss has a median of 65 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 65 to 72 pages.

Median pages
65
9 editions counted
Range
64–80
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
18k
at 275 words per page

How long will Horton Hears a Who! 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
1 h 09 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

708019601980200020201954: 65 pages1954: 65 pages1954: 65 pages1954: 72 pages1962: 72 pages1976: 64 pages1990: 64 pages1998: 80 pages2020: 72 pagesmedian 65
7080197520001954: 65 pages1954: 65 pages1954: 65 pages1954: 72 pages1962: 72 pages1976: 64 pages1990: 64 pages1998: 80 pages2020: 72 pagesmedian 65
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 18 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Random House Children's Books–72OL30206999M
1998Random House Books for Young ReadersPaperback80OL7717903M
1990Random House Books for Young ReadersPaperback64OL7701469M
1976Collins–64OL18675188M
1962Random House Books for Young Readers–72OL7464810M
1954Random House–65OL14644815M
1954Random House–65OL22806533M
1954Random House–65OL6153883M

More by Dr. Seuss

All 23 books by Dr. Seuss with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Horton Hears a Who!?
About 65 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 64 to 80 pages.
How long does it take to read Horton Hears a Who!?
About 1 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is Horton Hears a Who!?
Roughly 18,000 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)).