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Book · by S. E. Hinton · first published 1971

How many pages is That Was Then, This Is Now?

That Was Then, This Is Now by S. E. Hinton has a median of 159 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 154 to 159 pages.

Median pages
159
9 editions counted
Range
126–168
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
44k
at 275 words per page

How long will That Was Then, This Is Now 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 48 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.

1201401601980199020001971: 154 pages1971: 159 pages1971: 168 pages1975: 126 pages1977: 126 pages1989: 159 pages1989: 154 pages1998: 159 pages2003: 159 pagesmedian 159
120140160198020001971: 154 pages1971: 159 pages1971: 168 pages1975: 126 pages1977: 126 pages1989: 159 pages1989: 154 pages1998: 159 pages2003: 159 pagesmedian 159
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 18 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2003Speak, an imprint of Penguin Putnam–159OL22601143M
1998Puffin Books–159OL16041881M
1989Gollancz–159OL17426872M
1989Dell PublishingPaperback154OL7523763M
1977Fontana–126OL18170554M
1975Collins–126OL14877470M
1971Dell–154OL24221641M
1971Viking Press–159OL5704805M

More by S. E. Hinton

All 4 books by S. E. Hinton with page counts

Questions

How many pages is That Was Then, This Is Now?
About 159 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 126 to 168 pages.
How long does it take to read That Was Then, This Is Now?
About 2 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is That Was Then, This Is Now?
Roughly 44,000 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)).