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How many pages is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great?

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume has a median of 138 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 125 to 142 pages.

Median pages
138
20 editions counted
Range
118–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
38k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
2 h 26 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

15020019801990200020101972: 118 pages1972: 118 pages1979: 118 pages1980: 128 pages1981: 118 pages1990: 128 pages1991: 118 pages2000: 128 pages2002: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2004: 154 pages2004: 154 pages2006: 166 pages2007: 138 pages2008: 127 pages2014: 208 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 138
150200198020001972: 118 pages1972: 118 pages1979: 118 pages1980: 128 pages1981: 118 pages1990: 128 pages1991: 118 pages2000: 128 pages2002: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2003: 138 pages2004: 154 pages2004: 154 pages2006: 166 pages2007: 138 pages2008: 127 pages2014: 208 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 138
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover14642 h 34 min
Paperback13872 h 26 min
Mass market14022 h 29 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 47 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Pan Macmillan–208OL28529800M
2014Macmillan Children's Bookspaperback192OL43013426M
2008Macmillan Children's BooksMass Market Paperback127OL28185960M
2007Puffin BooksPaperback138OL7360974M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover166OL10352446M
2004Paw Printslibrary binding154OL45646633M
2004Berkley Booksmass market paperback154OL30537799M
2003Puffin BooksPaperback138OL32163772M

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Questions

How many pages is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great?
About 138 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 118 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great?
About 2 h 26 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great?
Roughly 38,000 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)).