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Book · by Lois Lowry · first published 2004

How many pages is Messenger?

Messenger by Lois Lowry has a median of 172 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 169 to 184 pages.

Median pages
172
6 editions counted
Range
169–200
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Messenger 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 02 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.

180200200420062008201020122004: 169 pages2004: 176 pages2004: 200 pages2006: 169 pages2006: 169 pages2012: 187 pagesmedian 172
180200200520102004: 169 pages2004: 176 pages2004: 200 pages2006: 169 pages2006: 169 pages2012: 187 pagesmedian 172
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012––187OL26884475M
2006Laurel-Leaf Books–169OL24607890M
2006Delacorte Books for Young Readers–169OL7441982M
2004Houghton Mifflin–169OL3676670M
2004Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–176OL29588945M
2004Thorndike Press–200OL3302285M

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Questions

How many pages is Messenger?
About 172 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 169 to 200 pages.
How long does it take to read Messenger?
About 3 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Messenger?
Roughly 47,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).