Book · by Art Spiegelman · first published 1986
How many pages is Maus I?
Maus I by Art Spiegelman has a median of 159 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 159 to 295 pages.
How long will Maus I take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
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 | 159 | 2 | 3 h 04 min |
| Paperback | 159 | 3 | 3 h 04 min |
Editions counted
The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 66 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Paw Prints 2008-04-25 | library binding | 159 | OL39794447M |
| 2003 | Penguin | – | 296 | OL22591122M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | Graphic Novel | 296 | OL37821574M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 159 | OL7973967M |
| 1997 | Random House | – | 296 | OL17207611M |
| 1997 | Pantheon Books | – | 295 | OL994249M |
| 1993 | Pantheon | – | 300 | OL21936157M |
| 1991 | Pantheon Books | Paperback | 159 | OL7460977M |
| 1989 | Penguin Books Ltd | Paperback | 160 | OL39489318M |
| 1987 | Deutsch | – | 159 | OL17849383M |
| 1987 | Penguin | – | 159 | OL20209001M |
| 1986 | Penguin Books | paperback | 154 | OL37017111M |
| 1986 | Pantheon Books | – | 159 | OL2739840M |
| 1986 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | – | 160 | OL7584850M |
| 1986 | Pantheon books | – | 159 | OL21361048M |
| 1986 | Pantheon Books | – | 159 | OL23277070M |
Questions
- How many pages is Maus I?
- About 159 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 154 to 300 pages.
- How long does it take to read Maus I?
- About 3 h 04 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Maus I?
- Roughly 44,000 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)).