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How many pages is How to Win Friends and Influence People?

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie has a median of 275 pages across 48 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 246 to 307 pages.

Median pages
275
48 editions counted
Range
136–340
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will How to Win Friends and Influence People take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
5 h 18 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300194019601980200020201936: 337 pages1936: 312 pages1936: 262 pages1936: 337 pages1936: 258 pages1937: 312 pages1937: 312 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 340 pages1951: 307 pages1952: 246 pages1952: 262 pages1953: 258 pages1958: 337 pages1964: 246 pages1964: 246 pages1964: 258 pages1964: 258 pages1964: 246 pages1967: 307 pages1969: 307 pages1970: 190 pages1973: 274 pages1975: 264 pages1981: 276 pages1981: 299 pages1982: 276 pages1982: 276 pages1982: 276 pages1994: 256 pages1998: 142 pages1998: 288 pages2000: 334 pages2009: 291 pages2010: 320 pages2010: 304 pages2013: 234 pages2015: 236 pages2015: 136 pages2015: 214 pages2016: 322 pages2016: 206 pages2016: 206 pages2017: 136 pages2019: 304 pages2019: 244 pages2025: 228 pagesmedian 275
200300195020001936: 337 pages1936: 312 pages1936: 262 pages1936: 337 pages1936: 258 pages1937: 312 pages1937: 312 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 340 pages1951: 307 pages1952: 246 pages1952: 262 pages1953: 258 pages1958: 337 pages1964: 246 pages1964: 246 pages1964: 258 pages1964: 258 pages1964: 246 pages1967: 307 pages1969: 307 pages1970: 190 pages1973: 274 pages1975: 264 pages1981: 276 pages1981: 299 pages1982: 276 pages1982: 276 pages1982: 276 pages1994: 256 pages1998: 142 pages1998: 288 pages2000: 334 pages2009: 291 pages2010: 320 pages2010: 304 pages2013: 234 pages2015: 236 pages2015: 136 pages2015: 214 pages2016: 322 pages2016: 206 pages2016: 206 pages2017: 136 pages2019: 304 pages2019: 244 pages2025: 228 pagesmedian 275
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition 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.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover25324 h 52 min
Paperback27585 h 18 min

Editions counted

The 48 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 188 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Namya Press–228OL57612667M
2019Penguin Random House–304OL28714252M
2019General Presshardcover244OL30405471M
2017Running Press–136OL28879084M
2016AMAZING READSpaperback322OL27948142M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–206OL54981343M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–206OL55685274M
2015Magdalene Press–236OL39474382M

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Questions

How many pages is How to Win Friends and Influence People?
About 275 pages: that is the median of 48 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 136 to 340 pages.
How long does it take to read How to Win Friends and Influence People?
About 5 h 18 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is How to Win Friends and Influence People?
Roughly 76,000 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)).