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How many pages is Jo's Boys?

Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott has a median of 336 pages across 86 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 292 to 365 pages.

Median pages
336
86 editions counted
Range
160–540
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Jo's Boys 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
5 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

2004001900195020001886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 366 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1903: 365 pages1903: 358 pages1912: 365 pages1914: 365 pages1916: 365 pages1925: 374 pages1925: 316 pages1934: 358 pages1938: 316 pages1943: 252 pages1943: 252 pages1949: 338 pages1949: 358 pages1949: 338 pages1949: 358 pages1951: 280 pages1953: 358 pages1957: 317 pages1957: 317 pages1957: 342 pages1960: 325 pages1962: 287 pages1967: 160 pages1976: 358 pages1983: 345 pages1984: 352 pages1994: 303 pages1994: 336 pages1994: 316 pages1994: 350 pages1994: 303 pages1995: 336 pages1996: 368 pages2000: 190 pages2002: 284 pages2003: 350 pages2004: 483 pages2004: 248 pages2004: 386 pages2005: 540 pages2005: 268 pages2006: 212 pages2007: 475 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 196 pages2007: 287 pages2007: 288 pages2007: 258 pages2015: 432 pages2015: 464 pages2017: 365 pages2018: 432 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 368 pages2020: 218 pages2020: 220 pages2020: 180 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 255 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 212 pages2020: 242 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 324 pages2021: 395 pages2021: 244 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 374 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 323 pages2021: 273 pages2021: 395 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 320 pagesmedian 336
2004001900195020001886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 366 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1886: 365 pages1903: 365 pages1903: 358 pages1912: 365 pages1914: 365 pages1916: 365 pages1925: 374 pages1925: 316 pages1934: 358 pages1938: 316 pages1943: 252 pages1943: 252 pages1949: 338 pages1949: 358 pages1949: 338 pages1949: 358 pages1951: 280 pages1953: 358 pages1957: 317 pages1957: 317 pages1957: 342 pages1960: 325 pages1962: 287 pages1967: 160 pages1976: 358 pages1983: 345 pages1984: 352 pages1994: 303 pages1994: 336 pages1994: 316 pages1994: 350 pages1994: 303 pages1995: 336 pages1996: 368 pages2000: 190 pages2002: 284 pages2003: 350 pages2004: 483 pages2004: 248 pages2004: 386 pages2005: 540 pages2005: 268 pages2006: 212 pages2007: 475 pages2007: 372 pages2007: 196 pages2007: 287 pages2007: 288 pages2007: 258 pages2015: 432 pages2015: 464 pages2017: 365 pages2018: 432 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 368 pages2019: 368 pages2020: 218 pages2020: 220 pages2020: 180 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 255 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 328 pages2020: 212 pages2020: 242 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 324 pages2021: 395 pages2021: 244 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 374 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 323 pages2021: 273 pages2021: 395 pages2021: 328 pages2021: 320 pagesmedian 336
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover35876 h 19 min
Paperback288135 h 05 min

Editions counted

The 86 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 597 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–328OL34350204M
2021Independently Published–324OL34293314M
2021Independently Published–395OL34307726M
2021West Margin Press–244OL34162047M
2021Independently Published–328OL34199391M
2021Independently Published–328OL34311437M
2021Independently Published–374OL34242992M
2021Independently Published–328OL34218091M

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Questions

How many pages is Jo's Boys?
About 336 pages: that is the median of 86 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 540 pages.
How long does it take to read Jo's Boys?
About 5 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Jo's Boys?
Roughly 92,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).