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Book · by Timothy Ferriss · first published 2007

How many pages is The 4-Hour Workweek?

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss has a median of 416 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 362 to 440 pages.

Median pages
416
7 editions counted
Range
308–672
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
114k
at 275 words per page

How long will The 4-Hour Workweek 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
8 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

4006002010201520202007: 308 pages2007: 308 pages2011: 416 pages2011: 416 pages2012: 672 pages2019: 464 pages2020: 416 pagesmedian 416
4006002010201520202007: 308 pages2007: 308 pages2011: 416 pages2011: 416 pages2012: 672 pages2019: 464 pages2020: 416 pagesmedian 416
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Ebury Publishing–416OL29463029M
2019Penguin Random House–464OL28717489M
2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers–672OL28890231M
2011Ebury Publishing–416OL34459838M
2011Penguin Random House–416OL28445100M
2007Crown Publishers–308OL17172234M
2007Crown Archetype–308OL50498627M

Questions

How many pages is The 4-Hour Workweek?
About 416 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 308 to 672 pages.
How long does it take to read The 4-Hour Workweek?
About 8 h 01 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The 4-Hour Workweek?
Roughly 114,000 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)).