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How many pages is Sideways Stories from Wayside School?

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar has a median of 126 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 124 to 148 pages.

Median pages
126
10 editions counted
Range
118–176
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page

How long will Sideways Stories from Wayside School 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
2 h 13 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.

120140160180198019902000201020201978: 141 pages1985: 128 pages1990: 124 pages1998: 118 pages1998: 124 pages2001: 118 pages2003: 124 pages2017: 176 pages2020: 150 pages2021: 176 pagesmedian 126
1201401601801980200020201978: 141 pages1985: 128 pages1990: 124 pages1998: 118 pages1998: 124 pages2001: 118 pages2003: 124 pages2017: 176 pages2020: 150 pages2021: 176 pagesmedian 126
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–176OL33837673M
2020Thorndike Press–150OL30367747M
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–176OL29757567M
2003HarperTrophy–124OL23093221M
2001Scholastic–118OL7512180M
1998Avon Books–118OL23122267M
1998Morrow Junior Books–124OL692239M
1990Knopf–124OL2204881M

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Questions

How many pages is Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
About 126 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 118 to 176 pages.
How long does it take to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
About 2 h 13 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is Sideways Stories from Wayside School?
Roughly 35,000 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)).