Book · by John Stuart Mill · first published 1863
How many pages is On Liberty?
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill has a median of 174 pages across 82 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 148 to 207 pages.
Median pages
174
82 editions counted
Range
89–324
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page
How long will On Liberty take you?
Reading time
3 h 22 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.
Editions counted
The 82 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 7 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 465 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 174 | OL34344575M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 219 | OL34311004M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 155 | OL34202242M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 176 | OL34281997M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 175 | OL34208710M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 155 | OL34234024M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 161 | OL34198797M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 174 | OL34344527M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 174 | OL34197707M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 144 | OL34295564M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 155 | OL34234011M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 175 | OL30332581M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 161 | OL29954596M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 179 | OL29954043M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 132 | OL30322589M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 174 | OL30054030M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 175 | OL34219610M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL30030344M |
| 2020 | Gildan Media Corporation | – | 176 | OL29901346M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 242 | OL30303132M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 175 | OL30329686M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 194 | OL34251800M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL29983718M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL29868647M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 112 | OL34064731M |
| 2013 | Industrial Systems Research | – | 133 | OL31300931M |
| 2012 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 144 | OL34006781M |
| 2012 | Sterling | – | 272 | OL30987340M |
| 2011 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 214 | OL29090408M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 192 | OL28459258M |
| 2010 | Yale University Press | – | 249 | OL29206647M |
| 2008 | bnpublishing.com | Mass Market Paperback | 108 | OL13057933M |
| 2008 | Bedford/st Martins | – | 156 | OL18849128M |
| 2006 | Longman | Paperback | 192 | OL9388548M |
| 2005 | Cosimo Classics | Paperback | 148 | OL8883791M |
| 2004 | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | – | 180 | OL3294680M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 130 | OL31690384M |
| 2003 | Yale University Press | – | 272 | OL33983441M |
| 2003 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 272 | OL9755796M |
| 2003 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 272 | OL9482564M |
| 2002 | Palladium Press | – | 207 | OL3700105M |
| 2002 | Dover Publications | – | 97 | OL3952232M |
| 2002 | Lawbook Exchange | – | 207 | OL31487899M |
| 1999 | Libertarian Pr | Paperback | 208 | OL11382544M |
| 1999 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 294 | OL8551347M |
| 1996 | Wordsworth Editions | – | 216 | OL15552351M |
| 1996 | Prentice Hall | – | 141 | OL612639M |
| 1993 | Bantam Books | – | 211 | OL1472481M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Turtleback | 172 | OL8998461M |
| 1991 | Routledge | – | 286 | OL1880286M |
| 1989 | H. Davidson | – | 118 | OL2193035M |
| 1986 | Macmillan | – | 141 | OL20576758M |
| 1986 | Prometheus Books | Paperback | 129 | OL8130817M |
| 1982 | Penguin Classics | – | 187 | OL7354759M |
| 1978 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 113 | OL4556661M |
| 1975 | Norton | – | 260 | OL5065731M |
| 1974 | Penguin | – | 187 | OL5237899M |
| 1967 | Popular Prakashan | – | 149 | OL47992644M |
| 1956 | MacMillan | Paperback | 176 | OL9221025M |
| 1956 | Liberal Arts Press | – | 141 | OL6215716M |
| 1956 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 141 | OL21009099M |
| 1956 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 141 | OL17615782M |
| 1955 | Henry Regnery Co. | – | 171 | OL16832875M |
| 1955 | Henry Regnery Co. | – | 171 | OL37905803M |
| 1954 | Gateway Editions, Inc. ; distributed by Henry Regnery Compan | – | 161 | OL43904465M |
| 1949 | Henry Regnery | – | 148 | OL21934376M |
| 1947 | Harlan Davidson | Paperback | 118 | OL8179291M |
| 1947 | F. S. Crofts & co. | – | 118 | OL6512011M |
| 1946 | B. Blackwell | – | 324 | OL6509853M |
| 1929 | Watts | – | 144 | OL21188696M |
| 1921 | Atlantic Monthly Press | – | 161 | OL6639005M |
| 1905 | H. Holt and company | – | 204 | OL6517079M |
| 1903 | Watts | – | 89 | OL21188692M |
| 1901 | Walter Scott | – | 219 | OL37922076M |
| 1900 | G. Routledge & Sons | – | 176 | OL17783188M |
| 1900 | W. Scott Pub. Co. | – | 219 | OL7226025M |
| 1884 | Belford, Clarke & Co. | – | 193 | OL1246592M |
| 1880 | H.M. Caldwell Co. | – | 193 | OL23992680M |
| 1872 | James R. Osgood | – | 223 | OL45199286M |
| 1864 | Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green | – | 207 | OL24140399M |
| 1859 | J. W. Parker and Son | – | 207 | OL7016588M |
| 1859 | John W. Parker | – | 207 | OL24431696M |
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Questions
- How many pages is On Liberty?
- About 174 pages: that is the median of 82 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 89 to 324 pages.
- How long does it take to read On Liberty?
- About 3 h 22 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is On Liberty?
- Roughly 48,000 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)).