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How many pages is Ramona Quimby, Age 8?

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary has a median of 190 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 190 pages.

Median pages
190
20 editions counted
Range
142–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
52k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ramona Quimby, Age 8 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
3 h 21 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.

15017520019902000201020201981: 190 pages1981: 190 pages1982: 191 pages1982: 191 pages1984: 154 pages1984: 190 pages1987: 142 pages1988: 190 pages1993: 190 pages1995: 190 pages1998: 190 pages1999: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2006: 179 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 190 pages2016: 208 pages2020: 178 pagesmedian 190
150175200200020201981: 190 pages1981: 190 pages1982: 191 pages1982: 191 pages1984: 154 pages1984: 190 pages1987: 142 pages1988: 190 pages1993: 190 pages1995: 190 pages1998: 190 pages1999: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2006: 179 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 190 pages2016: 208 pages2020: 178 pagesmedian 190
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
Hardcover19073 h 21 min
Paperback19083 h 21 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Bound to Stay Bound Books–178OL53350566M
2016Harperhardcover208OL27441736M
2006HaprerCollins PublishersHardcover179OL17218938M
2006HarperCollinsHardcover192OL9238534M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover190OL9656443M
2001HarperTrophySchool & Library Binding190OL9847649M
2001HarperTrophyPaperback190OL7432663M
2001TurtlebackLibrary Binding190OL31450546M

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Questions

How many pages is Ramona Quimby, Age 8?
About 190 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 142 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Ramona Quimby, Age 8?
About 3 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Ramona Quimby, Age 8?
Roughly 52,000 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)).