Book · by J. M. Barrie
How many pages is Peter Pan?
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie has a median of 200 pages across 108 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 160 to 236 pages.
Median pages
200
108 editions counted
Range
80–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
55k
at 275 words per page
How long will Peter Pan take you?
Reading time
3 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 176 | 9 | 3 h 06 min |
| Paperback | 208 | 7 | 3 h 40 min |
Editions counted
The 108 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 21 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 441 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL29469288M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 134 | OL33923741M |
| 2021 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 160 | OL33953194M |
| 2021 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 240 | OL33957948M |
| 2020 | Beehive Books | – | 172 | OL29854308M |
| 2019 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 256 | OL28929787M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 130 | OL41363539M |
| 2018 | Merlin Books | – | 168 | OL41043900M |
| 2018 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 200 | OL34065943M |
| 2018 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 240 | OL28694428M |
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 160 | OL28688085M |
| 2017 | Oberon Books, Limited | – | 96 | OL28628957M |
| 2016 | North-South Books, Incorporated | – | 176 | OL33519149M |
| 2016 | White Star Publishers | – | 80 | OL33594322M |
| 2015 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 160 | OL29252318M |
| 2015 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 272 | OL29732236M |
| 2015 | Create space | – | 94 | OL32132890M |
| 2015 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 272 | OL28556584M |
| 2014 | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. | – | 162 | OL33501150M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 158 | OL48213074M |
| 2012 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 256 | OL33430470M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 256 | OL28483498M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble | – | 191 | OL30733009M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 256 | OL33451780M |
| 2011 | Merchiston Publishing | – | 220 | OL37789309M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL28462846M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 240 | OL23181376M |
| 2008 | Sterling Pub. Co. | – | 151 | OL23158070M |
| 2007 | Methuen | – | 96 | OL7480280M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 244 | OL11973890M |
| 2007 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 208 | OL12380711M |
| 2007 | Oxford University Press | – | 240 | OL28438880M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 244 | OL11973891M |
| 2006 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 164 | OL11652116M |
| 2006 | Franklin Watts | Library binding | 140 | OL7782020M |
| 2006 | Oxford University Press | – | 224 | OL28434967M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 208 | OL8870241M |
| 2004 | Modern Library | – | 159 | OL3305902M |
| 2004 | Penguin Books | – | 234 | OL3693659M |
| 2003 | Aladdin | Paperback | 228 | OL7730730M |
| 2003 | Thorndike Press | – | 248 | OL3682370M |
| 2003 | HarperFestival | Paperback | 240 | OL9233430M |
| 2003 | Signet Classics | – | 200 | OL7576901M |
| 2003 | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | Hardcover | 176 | OL7932886M |
| 2003 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 228 | OL10977361M |
| 2003 | HarperFestival | – | 233 | OL3575811M |
| 2002 | Scholastic Paperbacks | – | 224 | OL7511664M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 240 | OL3955093M |
| 2001 | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | – | 200 | OL6794971M |
| 2000 | Chronicle Books | – | 173 | OL48813M |
| 2000 | HarperFestival Publishers | – | 225 | OL41418M |
| 2000 | Simon & Schuster | – | 134 | OL6791968M |
| 1999 | Dover Publications | – | 153 | OL42524M |
| 1998 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 176 | OL8978494M |
| 1998 | Antique Collectors' Club | Hardcover | 160 | OL11950304M |
| 1996 | Puffin | – | 242 | OL7354004M |
| 1995 | Hodder Children's Books | – | 185 | OL22856405M |
| 1995 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 267 | OL32132888M |
| 1994 | Demco Media | Turtleback | 93 | OL10924735M |
| 1994 | Bloomsbury | – | 160 | OL22812803M |
| 1993 | Brimax Books | Hardcover | 112 | OL8307661M |
| 1993 | Parragon | – | 151 | OL22639804M |
| 1993 | Puffin | – | 208 | OL7353390M |
| 1992 | Folio Society | – | 106 | OL19881008M |
| 1992 | Viking Juvenile | Hardcover | 320 | OL7642934M |
| 1992 | Folio Society | – | 106 | OL19577508M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 234 | OL1744280M |
| 1992 | David Campbell | – | 234 | OL22342115M |
| 1991 | Troll Communications | School & Library Binding | 176 | OL8071444M |
| 1991 | Dean | – | 124 | OL22789500M |
| 1991 | Oxford University Press | – | 240 | OL1880204M |
| 1990 | Brimax | – | 108 | OL22836159M |
| 1989 | Hamlyn | – | 189 | OL22789370M |
| 1988 | Armada | – | 158 | OL22705167M |
| 1988 | Viking Kestrel | – | 204 | OL23259486M |
| 1988 | Windrush | – | 232 | OL22450968M |
| 1988 | Magnet | – | 205 | OL22778291M |
| 1988 | Tundra Books | – | 225 | OL2409535M |
| 1988 | Collins | – | 158 | OL22826816M |
| 1988 | Tundra Books | Paperback | 130 | OL11265070M |
| 1988 | Puffin | – | 204 | OL22581840M |
| 1988 | Methuen Children's | – | 158 | OL22778269M |
| 1987 | H. Holt | – | 159 | OL2372409M |
| 1987 | Children's Classics | – | 267 | OL2739244M |
| 1987 | Unicorn Pub. House | – | 179 | OL2382099M |
| 1987 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 216 | OL2414927M |
| 1986 | Puffin | – | 224 | OL7353849M |
| 1983 | Puffin | – | 220 | OL22719227M |
| 1980 | S. French | – | 96 | OL22449212M |
| 1980 | Scribner | – | 183 | OL4100098M |
| 1980 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 183 | OL22373409M |
| 1971 | Brockhampton Press | – | 220 | OL22405614M |
| 1967 | Penguin | – | 220 | OL5653279M |
| 1967 | Brockhampton Press | – | 192 | OL22774340M |
| 1962 | Brockhampton Press | – | 163 | OL5874330M |
| 1962 | Scribner | – | 175 | OL5883145M |
| 1956 | S. French | – | 95 | OL13545468M |
| 1956 | S. French | – | 95 | OL14076082M |
| 1950 | Scribner | – | 242 | OL6070531M |
| 1931 | C. Scribner | – | 162 | OL14582695M |
| 1928 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 160 | OL15496381M |
| 1911 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 267 | OL6536078M |
| 1911 | – | – | 230 | OL58727403M |
| 1911 | Scribner's | – | 267 | OL7178810M |
| 1911 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 306 | OL58982636M |
| 1911 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 298 | OL58982642M |
| 1911 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 220 | OL23325199M |
| 1911 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 218 | OL7241413M |
Questions
- How many pages is Peter Pan?
- About 200 pages: that is the median of 108 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 80 to 320 pages.
- How long does it take to read Peter Pan?
- About 3 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is Peter Pan?
- Roughly 55,000 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)).