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Book · by Jerry Spinelli · first published 1990

How many pages is Maniac Magee?

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli has a median of 184 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 184 to 202 pages.

Median pages
184
12 editions counted
Range
180–264
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
51k
at 275 words per page

How long will Maniac Magee 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
3 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250199019952000200520101990: 184 pages1990: 180 pages1990: 184 pages1991: 184 pages1992: 184 pages1993: 215 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 264 pages1999: 192 pages2000: 184 pages2004: 221 pages2014: 198 pagesmedian 184
2002501990200020101990: 184 pages1990: 180 pages1990: 184 pages1991: 184 pages1992: 184 pages1993: 215 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 264 pages1999: 192 pages2000: 184 pages2004: 221 pages2014: 198 pagesmedian 184
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 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 48 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Little, Brown Books for Young Readers–198OL29687822M
2004Thorndike PressPaperback221OL9904214M
2000Little, Brown–184OL23026980M
1999CollinsEducationalHardcover192OL9912549M
1995Silver Burdett GinnUnknown Binding184OL9463794M
1995Hippo–264OL22178623M
1993Thorndike Press–215OL1736497M
1992HarperTrophy–184OL7291729M

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Questions

How many pages is Maniac Magee?
About 184 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 180 to 264 pages.
How long does it take to read Maniac Magee?
About 3 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Maniac Magee?
Roughly 51,000 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)).