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How many pages is My Secret Garden?

My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday has a median of 336 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 336 to 363 pages.

Median pages
336
7 editions counted
Range
307–442
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page

How long will My Secret Garden 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
5 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

3003504004501980199020001973: 336 pages1973: 361 pages1974: 336 pages1974: 336 pages1976: 307 pages1998: 365 pages2008: 442 pagesmedian 336
300350400450198020001973: 336 pages1973: 361 pages1974: 336 pages1974: 336 pages1976: 307 pages1998: 365 pages2008: 442 pagesmedian 336
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Pocket Books–442OL18896163M
1998Pocket Books–365OL88358M
1976Quartet–307OL22543763M
1974Pocket Books–336OL20065594M
1974Pocket Books–336OL24214831M
1973Pocket Books–336OL15521776M
1973Trident Press–361OL5312262M

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Questions

How many pages is My Secret Garden?
About 336 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 307 to 442 pages.
How long does it take to read My Secret Garden?
About 5 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is My Secret Garden?
Roughly 92,000 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)).