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Book · by Peter Kropotkin · first published 1987

How many pages is Mutual Aid?

Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin has a median of 278 pages across 59 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 240 to 348 pages.

Median pages
278
59 editions counted
Range
150–558
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will Mutual Aid 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 21 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.

2004006001900195020001891: 558 pages1902: 348 pages1903: 348 pages1904: 348 pages1904: 374 pages1904: 348 pages1908: 240 pages1910: 348 pages1910: 348 pages1914: 348 pages1915: 240 pages1915: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1917: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1939: 278 pages1939: 278 pages1939: 278 pages1955: 362 pages1955: 406 pages1955: 362 pages1960: 362 pages1972: 362 pages1972: 277 pages1972: 278 pages1972: 277 pages1987: 278 pages1987: 280 pages1988: 362 pages1988: 362 pages2002: 216 pages2002: 216 pages2004: 212 pages2006: 224 pages2006: 336 pages2007: 232 pages2009: 204 pages2012: 324 pages2012: 340 pages2014: 210 pages2014: 212 pages2015: 356 pages2015: 212 pages2015: 228 pages2016: 324 pages2016: 252 pages2016: 294 pages2017: 150 pages2017: 208 pages2017: 436 pages2018: 208 pages2018: 306 pages2018: 200 pages2018: 556 pages2021: 336 pagesmedian 278
2004006001900195020001891: 558 pages1902: 348 pages1903: 348 pages1904: 348 pages1904: 374 pages1904: 348 pages1908: 240 pages1910: 348 pages1910: 348 pages1914: 348 pages1915: 240 pages1915: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1916: 240 pages1917: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1919: 240 pages1939: 278 pages1939: 278 pages1939: 278 pages1955: 362 pages1955: 406 pages1955: 362 pages1960: 362 pages1972: 362 pages1972: 277 pages1972: 278 pages1972: 277 pages1987: 278 pages1987: 280 pages1988: 362 pages1988: 362 pages2002: 216 pages2002: 216 pages2004: 212 pages2006: 224 pages2006: 336 pages2007: 232 pages2009: 204 pages2012: 324 pages2012: 340 pages2014: 210 pages2014: 212 pages2015: 356 pages2015: 212 pages2015: 228 pages2016: 324 pages2016: 252 pages2016: 294 pages2017: 150 pages2017: 208 pages2017: 436 pages2018: 208 pages2018: 306 pages2018: 200 pages2018: 556 pages2021: 336 pagesmedian 278
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover27735 h 20 min
Paperback23274 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 59 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 173 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021PM Press–336OL34702831M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–208OL54702719M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–306OL56126599M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–200OL56714559M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–556OL56857218M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–150OL55630024M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–208OL56292088M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–436OL56057644M

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Questions

How many pages is Mutual Aid?
About 278 pages: that is the median of 59 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 150 to 558 pages.
How long does it take to read Mutual Aid?
About 5 h 21 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Mutual Aid?
Roughly 76,000 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)).