Book · by Jon Krakauer · first published 1996
How many pages is Into the Wild?
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer has a median of 216 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 238 pages.
Median pages
216
8 editions counted
Range
205–319
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
59k
at 275 words per page
How long will Into the Wild take you?
Reading time
4 h 09 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 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 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pan Macmillan | – | 282 | OL28647647M |
| 2007 | Anchor | Paperback | 224 | OL9434361M |
| 2007 | Pan Books | Paperback | 205 | OL28438930M |
| 1998 | Pan | Paperback | 205 | OL18328287M |
| 1997 | G.K. Hall | – | 319 | OL22933346M |
| 1997 | Pan Macmillan | – | 224 | OL28426347M |
| 1997 | Anchor Books | – | 207 | OL1003879M |
| 1996 | Villard Books | – | 207 | OL787691M |
Questions
- How many pages is Into the Wild?
- About 216 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 205 to 319 pages.
- How long does it take to read Into the Wild?
- About 4 h 09 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is Into the Wild?
- Roughly 59,000 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)).