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How many pages is Notes from a Small Island?

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson has a median of 324 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 282 to 352 pages.

Median pages
324
12 editions counted
Range
272–503
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
89k
at 275 words per page

How long will Notes from a Small Island 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
6 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300400500199520002005201020151995: 352 pages1995: 282 pages1996: 324 pages1996: 352 pages1996: 282 pages1996: 503 pages1997: 324 pages1998: 282 pages1999: 288 pages2001: 324 pages2011: 272 pages2015: 384 pagesmedian 324
300400500200020101995: 352 pages1995: 282 pages1996: 324 pages1996: 352 pages1996: 282 pages1996: 503 pages1997: 324 pages1998: 282 pages1999: 288 pages2001: 324 pages2011: 272 pages2015: 384 pagesmedian 324
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Transworld Publishers Limited–384OL28572040M
2011Folio Society–272OL39217995M
2001Harper Perennial–324OL23091946M
1999Doubleday–288OL7441338M
1998M&S–282OL21152672M
1997Avon Books–324OL18387769M
1996Morrow–324OL806807M
1996Black SwanPaperback352OL32237280M

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Questions

How many pages is Notes from a Small Island?
About 324 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 272 to 503 pages.
How long does it take to read Notes from a Small Island?
About 6 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Notes from a Small Island?
Roughly 89,000 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)).