How long does it take to read La Poetica?

About 7 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.

How many words is La Poetica?

Roughly 108,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by Aristotle · first published 1972

How many pages is La Poetica?

La Poetica by Aristotle has a median of 394 pages across 145 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 304 to 500 pages.

Median pages

394

145 editions counted

Range

168–768

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

7.6h

at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)

Words (est.)

108k

at 275 words per page

How long will La Poetica 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 speed 238 wpm

Page density

Reading time

7 h 35 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.

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.

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	531	26	10 h 14 min
Paperback	354	12	6 h 50 min

Editions counted

The 145 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 38 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 498 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	562	OL10517871M
2007	Pomona Press	Paperback	416	OL8409759M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Paperback	304	OL11929450M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Paperback	564	OL11924657M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	536	OL10567123M
2007	Dover Publications	Paperback	352	OL10344566M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	302	OL10521832M
2006	Clarendon Press	–	289	OL17206699M
2006	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	544	OL7693991M
2006	www.ReadHowYouWant.com	Paperback	560	OL8500909M
2006	Oxford University Press	–	352	OL3430462M
2006	Digireads.com	Paperback	168	OL8490275M
2005	Nuvision Publications	Paperback	224	OL8882376M
2005	Oxford University Press	–	337	OL22734956M
2004	Dover Publications	–	171	OL3306992M
2002	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	424	OL7694233M
2002	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	560	OL7694121M
2000	Oxford University Press, USA	–	226	OL7402043M
2000	Adamant Media Corporation	Paperback	357	OL11821213M
2000	Oxford University Press, USA	–	226	OL7402044M
1999	Green Lion Press	Hardcover	368	OL9365702M
1999	Green Lion Press	Paperback	303	OL8709760M
1999	Clarendon Press	–	185	OL16971435M
1998	Penguin Books	–	459	OL117863M
1996	Hackett Pub.	–	359	OL972463M
1995	Hackett Pub. Co	–	627	OL22317029M
1995	Hackett Publishing Company	Paperback	650	OL8334290M
1994	Oxford University Press, USA	–	318	OL7398073M
1994	Clarendon	–	301	OL22237483M
1994	Oxford University Press, USA	–	318	OL7398074M
1993	Oxford University Press, USA	–	268	OL7398109M
1993	Oxford University Press, USA	Hardcover	248	OL9849734M
1991	Prometheus Books	–	322	OL1569209M
1991	Penguin Books	–	304	OL22621818M
1991	Oxford University Press	–	335	OL1862656M
1988	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	248	OL7737899M
1988	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	248	OL7737993M
1988	Oxford University Press, USA	–	236	OL7401917M
1987	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	448	OL7694196M
1986	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	528	OL7694024M
1984	Modern Library	–	289	OL2841577M
1984	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	350	OL7694232M
1983	Peripatetic Pr	Hardcover	705	OL8299139M
1982	Harvard University Press	–	491	OL17971930M
1982	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	704	OL7694083M
1981	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	520	OL7694081M
1981	The Clarendon press	–	542	OL17904043M
1980	Clarendon Press	–	206	OL21175425M
1979	Peripatetic Press	–	498	OL4435338M
1979	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	690	OL7694162M
1979	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	520	OL7694067M
1976	Clarendon Press	–	227	OL22453535M
1976	Oxford University Press, USA	–	236	OL7401895M
1975	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	546	OL7694084M
1975	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	476	OL7694193M
1971	Clarendon Press	–	206	OL21344216M
1971	Clarendon Press	–	206	OL22644579M
1971	Clarendon Press	–	206	OL19545055M
1971	Oxford University Press, USA	–	214	OL7401881M
1970	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	480	OL7694112M
1969	Harvard University Press	–	687	OL14545143M
1968	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	560	OL7694119M
1966	Indiana University Press	–	498	OL24382348M
1966	Indiana University Press	–	498	OL19545049M
1966	Dent	–	388	OL19820783M
1966	Indiana University Press	–	498	OL22829544M
1966	Indiana University Press	–	498	OL17756837M
1966	University of Michigan Press	–	394	OL17910909M
1966	Indiana University Press	–	498	OL5991428M
1966	Dent	–	388	OL22052200M
1965	Heinemann	–	500	OL15405397M
1961	Dutton	–	388	OL17642195M
1961	Dutton	–	388	OL18081329M
1961	Dent	–	388	OL22238632M
1961	Dutton	–	388	OL17976309M
1960	Appleton-Century-Crofts	–	259	OL16172683M
1960	Prentice-Hall	–	259	OL21138724M
1960	Prentice-Hall	–	259	OL16216814M
1960	Harvard University Press	–	500	OL13578215M
1960	Appleton-Century-Crofts	–	259	OL17734627M
1960	University of Michigan Press	–	394	OL16486758M
1960	University of Michigan Press	–	394	OL22237630M
1959	Harvard University Press	–	491	OL18476381M
1959	Typographeo Clarendoniano	–	206	OL19410655M
1957	Oxford University Press, USA	–	335	OL7396679M
1957	Harvard University Press	Hardcover	686	OL9663060M
1956	Dent	–	388	OL17384449M
1956	Dent	–	388	OL13639807M
1956	Dent	–	388	OL6203597M
1956	Dent	–	388	OL17259111M
1954	Modern Library	–	289	OL6156082M
1953	Harvard University Press	–	500	OL20743091M
1952	Columbia University Press	–	394	OL19148002M
1952	Columbia University Press	–	394	OL6115273M
1951	Odyssey Press	–	336	OL19980251M
1951	Odyssey Press	–	336	OL6087931M
1951	Dover Publications	Paperback	497	OL7634755M
1951	Odyssey	–	336	OL16038560M
1947	Harvard University Press	–	491	OL15104508M
1947	W. Heinemann	–	491	OL22156177M
1939	Harvard University Press	Hardcover	416	OL7694134M
1935	Heinemann	–	688	OL22343125M
1935	Doubleday, Doran & company, inc.	–	244	OL14621359M
1933	Harvard University Press	–	685	OL16789789M
1933	Heinemann	–	474	OL21066163M
1933	Heinemann	–	509	OL17417704M
1933	Harvard University Press	–	512	OL20901580M
1932	D. Appleton and company	–	259	OL6769128M
1932	W. Heinemann, ltd.	–	500	OL14556957M
1932	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	720	OL7694060M
1931	Clarendon Press	–	500	OL13947150M
1930	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	768	OL7694187M
1927	Heinemann	–	500	OL15104247M
1927	W. Heinemann, ltd.	–	500	OL21497129M
1927	Oxford University Press, USA	–	392	OL7398130M
1927	Oxford University Press	–	348	OL18371204M
1927	Scribner	–	348	OL16495873M
1926	Harvard University Press	–	491	OL16788364M
1925	Oxford University Press, USA	Hardcover	534	OL10138429M
1910	Clarendon Press	–	633	OL7008945M
1909	Clarendon Press	–	387	OL14680422M
1909	University Press	–	207	OL21018141M
1908	Cambridge [Eng.] The University press	–	207	OL6735089M
1907	Bell	–	445	OL19741824M
1906	G. Bell	–	500	OL7130315M
1904	G. Bell and Sons	–	445	OL18633926M
1896	G. Bell and sons	–	445	OL14379907M
1886	Macmillan	–	306	OL13589135M
1886	Macmillan and Co.	–	306	OL6387406M
1882	K. Paul, French & co.	–	263	OL6919976M
1879	George Bell	–	445	OL15535073M
1872	Bell & Daldy	–	500	OL16405467M
1857	Henry G. Bohn	–	500	OL18471923M
1857	H.G. Bohn	–	445	OL13639805M
1847	H.G. Bohn	–	384	OL16563703M
1833	D. A. Talboys	–	373	OL16523036M
1833	printed and published by D.A. Talboys	–	373	OL18241502M
1823	D. A. Talboys	–	396	OL19909825M
1815	Printed by W. McDowell	–	415	OL16535626M
1806	Printed for the Proprietor	–	269	OL17959206M
1801	Printed for the author, by Davis, Wilks, and Taylor ... and	–	467	OL21738510M
1801	Printed for the author, by Davis, Wilks, and Taylor	–	467	OL16857268M
1789	Sold by Payne and son; [etc., etc.,]	–	565	OL6572070M
1709	D.B. and sold by E. Tracy	–	511	OL20413104M
–	–	–	685	OL21066165M

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All 4 books by Aristotle with page counts

Questions

How many pages is La Poetica?: About 394 pages: that is the median of 145 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 168 to 768 pages.
How long does it take to read La Poetica?: About 7 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is La Poetica?: Roughly 108,000 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)).