Book · by James Baldwin · first published 1955
How many pages is Notes of a Native Son?
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin has a median of 170 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 156 to 175 pages.
How long will Notes of a Native Son take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 208 | OL29361402M |
| 2012 | Beacon Press | – | 208 | OL25340096M |
| 1995 | Penguin | – | 160 | OL17226196M |
| 1990 | Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL1889453M |
| 1985 | Pluto | – | 175 | OL22334104M |
| 1984 | Beacon Press | Paperback | 175 | OL2844379M |
| 1965 | Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL6178996M |
| 1965 | Corgi Books | Paperback | 149 | OL15060250M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | – | 149 | OL26528915M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | – | 149 | OL16088668M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | Paperback | 149 | OL24215545M |
| 1964 | M. Joseph | – | 165 | OL23031041M |
| 1963 | Dial Press | – | 158 | OL5902956M |
| 1963 | Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL14414523M |
| 1963 | Dial Press | – | 158 | OL17756206M |
| 1957 | Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL14652189M |
| 1957 | Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL61656697M |
| 1955 | Dial Press | – | 158 | OL14081612M |
| 1955 | Bantam | – | 149 | OL23264981M |
| 1955 | The Beacon Press | – | 175 | OL14332698M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Notes of a Native Son?
- About 170 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 149 to 208 pages.
- How long does it take to read Notes of a Native Son?
- About 3 h 16 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Notes of a Native Son?
- Roughly 47,000 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)).