Book · by Roald Dahl
How many pages is Matilda?
Matilda by Roald Dahl has a median of 240 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 240 to 257 pages.
How long will Matilda take you?
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 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 184 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 256 | OL60853803M |
| 2022 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 400 | OL33945179M |
| 2020 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 178 | OL53338075M |
| 2019 | Puffin Books | – | 256 | OL26836570M |
| 2019 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 144 | OL28731142M |
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL28704839M |
| 2016 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 256 | OL28592317M |
| 2016 | Puffin | paperback | 212 | OL28345467M |
| 2015 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 352 | OL28471630M |
| 2014 | Lectorum Publications, Incorporated | – | 240 | OL53297501M |
| 2014 | NB Publishers Limited | – | 220 | OL53241168M |
| 2013 | Puffin | – | 240 | OL32765147M |
| 2004 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 233 | OL7360668M |
| 2003 | Puffin Books | – | 352 | OL7359671M |
| 2002 | Jonathan Cape | – | 294 | OL22147608M |
| 2001 | Puffin Books | hardcover | 229 | OL27443683M |
| 2001 | Puffin Books | – | 240 | OL7359577M |
| 1999 | Chivers North America | Paperback | 376 | OL9499476M |
| 1998 | Puffin | – | 240 | OL7359323M |
| 1997 | Tetley GB Ltd | – | 240 | OL22591836M |
| 1990 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 240 | OL23260146M |
| 1990 | Puffin Books | – | 240 | OL2191850M |
| 1989 | Chivers | – | 200 | OL22258812M |
| 1989 | Cornerstone Books | – | 272 | OL2188331M |
| 1989 | Puffin | – | 240 | OL22145974M |
| 1988 | Viking | – | 240 | OL32765318M |
| 1988 | Jonathan Cape | – | 240 | OL2243427M |
| 1988 | Bound to Stay Bound Books | – | 240 | OL53341146M |
| 1988 | Penguin Group | – | 258 | OL58665997M |
| 1988 | Puffin Books | – | 242 | OL58886364M |
| – | – | – | 269 | OL38233474M |
More by Roald Dahl
- 162 pagesCharlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 209 pagesThe BFG
- 144 pagesJames and the Giant Peach
- 90 pagesFantastic Mr Fox
- 208 pagesThe Witches
- 80 pagesThe Twits
All 21 books by Roald Dahl with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Matilda?
- About 240 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 400 pages.
- How long does it take to read Matilda?
- About 4 h 14 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is Matilda?
- Roughly 66,000 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)).