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Book · by Alvin Schwartz · first published 1984

How many pages is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz has a median of 106 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 100 to 111 pages.

Median pages
106
6 editions counted
Range
99–111
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
29k
at 275 words per page

How long will More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 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
1 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001051101990200020101984: 100 pages1986: 100 pages2010: 111 pages2010: 111 pages2011: 111 pages2019: 99 pagesmedian 105
10010511020001984: 100 pages1986: 100 pages2010: 111 pages2010: 111 pages2011: 111 pages2019: 99 pagesmedian 105
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Harper–99OL26936954M
2011Scholastic Inc.–111OL46931415M
2010Harper–111OL27122279M
2010Bound to Stay Bound Books–111OL53351897M
1986HarperTrophy–100OL22938240M
1984Lippincott–100OL3188138M

More by Alvin Schwartz

All 4 books by Alvin Schwartz with page counts

Questions

How many pages is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
About 106 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 99 to 111 pages.
How long does it take to read More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
About 1 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
Roughly 29,000 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)).