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Book · by Beverly Cleary · first published 1968

How many pages is Ramona the Pest?

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary has a median of 192 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 187 to 192 pages.

Median pages
192
20 editions counted
Range
144–210
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will Ramona the Pest take you?

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Reading time
3 h 23 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.

1501752001980200020201968: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1970: 146 pages1970: 144 pages1970: 192 pages1976: 157 pages1977: 192 pages1982: 192 pages1989: 192 pages1990: 189 pages1990: 175 pages1995: 192 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 192 pages2000: 190 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 181 pages2007: 192 pages2020: 210 pagesmedian 192
1501752001980200020201968: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1968: 192 pages1970: 146 pages1970: 144 pages1970: 192 pages1976: 157 pages1977: 192 pages1982: 192 pages1989: 192 pages1990: 189 pages1990: 175 pages1995: 192 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 192 pages2000: 190 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 181 pages2007: 192 pages2020: 210 pagesmedian 192
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
Hardcover19273 h 23 min
Paperback19273 h 23 min

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 63 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Bound to Stay Bound Books–210OL53348243M
2007Scholastic Inc.Paperback192OL42516173M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover192OL10352434M
2006Paw PrintsLibrary Binding181OL32127272M
2000Oxford University PressPaperback190OL7382886M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding192OL9625059M
1999ScholasticPaperback192OL7510447M
1995Avon BooksPaperback192OL7432661M

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Questions

How many pages is Ramona the Pest?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 210 pages.
How long does it take to read Ramona the Pest?
About 3 h 23 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 the Pest?
Roughly 53,000 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)).