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Book · by Jean Craighead George · first published 1975

How many pages is My Side of the Mountain?

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George has a median of 177 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 177 to 178 pages.

Median pages
177
18 editions counted
Range
166–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
49k
at 275 words per page

How long will My Side of the Mountain 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 07 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.

160180200196019701980199020001959: 177 pages1959: 178 pages1959: 208 pages1959: 166 pages1959: 178 pages1962: 178 pages1962: 178 pages1968: 172 pages1973: 178 pages1988: 177 pages1988: 177 pages1991: 177 pages1994: 173 pages2000: 177 pages2001: 192 pages2001: 177 pages2003: 204 pages2004: 177 pagesmedian 177
1601802001960198020001959: 177 pages1959: 178 pages1959: 208 pages1959: 166 pages1959: 178 pages1962: 178 pages1962: 178 pages1968: 172 pages1973: 178 pages1988: 177 pages1988: 177 pages1991: 177 pages1994: 173 pages2000: 177 pages2001: 192 pages2001: 177 pages2003: 204 pages2004: 177 pagesmedian 177
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Puffin Books–177OL7360582M
2003LRS–204OL23027468M
2001Penguin Putnam–192OL7359598M
2001Puffin–177OL7359617M
2000Puffin–177OL7353755M
1994Red Fox–173OL22548153M
1991Puffin Books–177OL21463059M
1988Scholastic–177OL24936646M

Questions

How many pages is My Side of the Mountain?
About 177 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 166 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read My Side of the Mountain?
About 3 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is My Side of the Mountain?
Roughly 49,000 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)).