Love Books Daily

Book · by Martin Luther King Jr. · first published 1963

How many pages is Strength to Love?

Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr. has a median of 155 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 150 to 226 pages.

Median pages
155
7 editions counted
Range
146–273
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page

How long will Strength to Love take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
6 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.

15020025019651970197519801963: 146 pages1964: 179 pages1964: 146 pages1969: 155 pages1981: 155 pages1984: 273 pages1984: 273 pagesmedian 155
150200250197019801963: 146 pages1964: 179 pages1964: 146 pages1969: 155 pages1981: 155 pages1984: 273 pages1984: 273 pagesmedian 155
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 10 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1984Walker and Company–273OL15126292M
1984Walker and Co.–273OL2852973M
1981Fortress Press–155OL4093529M
1969Fontana–155OL18381110M
1964Pocket Books Inc.–179OL24945412M
1964Hodder & Stoughton–146OL18772442M
1963Harper & Row–146OL5881077M

More by Martin Luther King Jr.

All 3 books by Martin Luther King Jr. with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Strength to Love?
About 155 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 146 to 273 pages.
How long does it take to read Strength to Love?
About 2 h 59 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Strength to Love?
Roughly 43,000 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)).