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Book · by Laura Ingalls Wilder · first published 1962

How many pages is On the Way Home?

On the Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder has a median of 101 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 101 to 115 pages.

Median pages
101
7 editions counted
Range
101–120
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
28k
at 275 words per page

How long will On the Way Home 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
1 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001101201970198019901962: 101 pages1962: 101 pages1962: 101 pages1976: 112 pages1990: 101 pages1994: 120 pages1998: 118 pagesmedian 101
10011012019801962: 101 pages1962: 101 pages1962: 101 pages1976: 112 pages1990: 101 pages1994: 120 pages1998: 118 pagesmedian 101
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1998Scholastic–118OL7509995M
1994HarperCollins–120OL1238676M
1990HarperTrophy–101OL22944372M
1976HarperTrophyPaperback112OL9246313M
1962Harper & Row–101OL23249471M
1962––101OL20944748M
1962Harper & Row–101OL5856266M

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Questions

How many pages is On the Way Home?
About 101 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 101 to 120 pages.
How long does it take to read On the Way Home?
About 1 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is On the Way Home?
Roughly 28,000 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)).