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Book · by Anaïs Nin · first published 1998

How many pages is Little Birds?

Little Birds by Anaïs Nin has a median of 154 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 146 to 159 pages.

Median pages
154
10 editions counted
Range
144–164
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
42k
at 275 words per page

How long will Little Birds 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
2 h 42 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

140150160198019851990199520001979: 146 pages1979: 164 pages1979: 146 pages1980: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1990: 144 pages1992: 144 pages2004: 148 pages2004: 164 pagesmedian 153
1401501601980199020001979: 146 pages1979: 164 pages1979: 146 pages1980: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1990: 159 pages1990: 144 pages1992: 144 pages2004: 148 pages2004: 164 pagesmedian 153
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Harcourt–148OL3685494M
2004Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers–164OL34448706M
1992Penguin–144OL21144300M
1990Pocket Books–159OL16942785M
1990Penguin–159OL19532011M
1990Penguin–144OL22465139M
1980Star Books–159OL21323275M
1979Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich–146OL4733450M

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Questions

How many pages is Little Birds?
About 154 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 164 pages.
How long does it take to read Little Birds?
About 2 h 42 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Little Birds?
Roughly 42,000 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)).