Book · by Mortimer J. Adler
How many pages is How to Read a Book?
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler has a median of 398 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 398 to 412 pages.
Median pages
398
7 editions counted
Range
398–446
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
109k
at 275 words per page
How long will How to Read a Book take you?
Reading time
7 h 40 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | MJF Books | – | 426 | OL22751830M |
| 1972 | Simon and Schuster | Paperback | 446 | OL5300355M |
| 1967 | Simon and Schuster | – | 398 | OL22358870M |
| 1963 | Simon and Shuster | – | 398 | OL27928023M |
| 1940 | Simon and Schuster | – | 398 | OL6407556M |
| 1940 | Simon and Schuster | – | 398 | OL17638922M |
| 1940 | Simon and Schuster | – | 398 | OL22825735M |
Questions
- How many pages is How to Read a Book?
- About 398 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 398 to 446 pages.
- How long does it take to read How to Read a Book?
- About 7 h 40 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
- How many words is How to Read a Book?
- Roughly 109,000 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)).