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Book · by Dav Pilkey · first published 2002

How many pages is The Adventures of Captain Underpants?

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey has a median of 136 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 124 to 150 pages.

Median pages
136
12 editions counted
Range
117–177
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
37k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Adventures of Captain Underpants take you?

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Reading time
2 h 24 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.

1201401601802000201020201997: 177 pages1997: 128 pages1997: 117 pages2000: 125 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 117 pages2013: 144 pages2013: 144 pages2018: 122 pages2020: 144 pages2023: 176 pages2023: 170 pagesmedian 136
1201401601802000201020201997: 177 pages1997: 128 pages1997: 117 pages2000: 125 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 117 pages2013: 144 pages2013: 144 pages2018: 122 pages2020: 144 pages2023: 176 pages2023: 170 pagesmedian 136
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 85 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Scholastic, Incorporated–176OL38069948M
2023Bound to Stay Bound Books–170OL53352232M
2020Scholastic, Incorporated–144OL29835083M
2018Scholastic Inc.paperback122OL40445452M
2013Scholastic Inc.hardcover, comedy144OL27095831M
2013Scholastic–144OL29177061M
2006Scholastic–117OL32355282M
2005The Blue Sky Press–128OL7515303M

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Questions

How many pages is The Adventures of Captain Underpants?
About 136 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 117 to 177 pages.
How long does it take to read The Adventures of Captain Underpants?
About 2 h 24 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Adventures of Captain Underpants?
Roughly 37,000 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)).