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Book · by David Sedaris · first published 2000

How many pages is Me Talk Pretty One Day?

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris has a median of 272 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 272 to 284 pages.

Median pages
272
10 editions counted
Range
253–291
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page

How long will Me Talk Pretty One Day 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 time
5 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

26028020002005201020152000: 272 pages2000: 291 pages2000: 272 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 253 pages2002: 272 pages2010: 288 pages2019: 288 pagesmedian 272
260280200020102000: 272 pages2000: 291 pages2000: 272 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 253 pages2002: 272 pages2010: 288 pages2019: 288 pagesmedian 272
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Little, Brown Book Group Limited–288OL29428857M
2010Little, Brown Book Group Limited–288OL33388628M
2002Abacus–272OL16257203M
2001Back Bay Books, and imprint of Little, Brown and CompanyPaperback272OL23056299M
2001Abacus–272OL18574136M
2001Back Bay Books–253OL23125366M
2000Little, Brown and Company–272OL19346207M
2000G.K. Hall–291OL6793833M

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Questions

How many pages is Me Talk Pretty One Day?
About 272 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 253 to 291 pages.
How long does it take to read Me Talk Pretty One Day?
About 5 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Me Talk Pretty One Day?
Roughly 75,000 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)).