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How many pages is Paper Towns?

Paper Towns by John Green has a median of 312 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 305 to 412 pages.

Median pages
312
6 editions counted
Range
292–444
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
86k
at 275 words per page

How long will Paper Towns 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
5 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

30035040045020082010201220142008: 305 pages2009: 305 pages2009: 320 pages2011: 292 pages2015: 442 pages2015: 444 pagesmedian 312
3003504004502010201220152008: 305 pages2009: 305 pages2009: 320 pages2011: 292 pages2015: 442 pages2015: 444 pagesmedian 312
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 51 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Thorndike Press–442OL28831578M
2015Thorndike Press–444OL28831579M
2011AudioGO–292OL31880481M
2009Penguin–305OL25261961M
2009Penguin Young Readers Group–320OL34194243M
2008Dutton Books–305OL16516401M

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All 4 books by John Green with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Paper Towns?
About 312 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 292 to 444 pages.
How long does it take to read Paper Towns?
About 5 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Paper Towns?
Roughly 86,000 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)).