Book · by Mark Twain
How many pages is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain has a median of 272 pages across 234 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 235 to 302 pages.
Median pages
272
234 editions counted
Range
124–435
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Adventures of Tom Sawyer take you?
Reading time
4 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 256 | 11 | 4 h 31 min |
| Paperback | 270 | 18 | 4 h 46 min |
| Mass market | 244 | 2 | 4 h 18 min |
Editions counted
The 234 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 26 more editions were 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 881 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently published | paperback | 303 | OL38580600M |
| 2021 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29481532M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL34135388M |
| 2021 | University of California Press | – | 312 | OL33915930M |
| 2021 | Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd. | – | 240 | OL33933050M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 192 | OL33922420M |
| 2021 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29481514M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL30336034M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL30333869M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL30008268M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL29912762M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL29912224M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30267508M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL29994512M |
| 2020 | Gildan Media Corporation | – | 248 | OL29972310M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL30068143M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30239401M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL30352505M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30323050M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 190 | OL34176343M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30040936M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30073379M |
| 2020 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 288 | OL28064596M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL30039754M |
| 2020 | Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd. | – | 240 | OL33670210M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL30361215M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 224 | OL29950667M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL29957386M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL29984304M |
| 2020 | Benediction Classics | – | 258 | OL30309296M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 185 | OL30221655M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL30362766M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 357 | OL30020378M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 169 | OL29993152M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL29994653M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 275 | OL30321920M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL29922986M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 312 | OL30296308M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30001468M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30075283M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30079166M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 238 | OL29912968M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 225 | OL30330944M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30021183M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 370 | OL29904629M |
| 2020 | Benediction Classics | – | 258 | OL30309297M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 248 | OL30259124M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL30075108M |
| 2019 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 232 | OL29820318M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 180 | OL30074244M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL29866213M |
| 2019 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 232 | OL28722638M |
| 2018 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 288 | OL28726984M |
| 2018 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 288 | OL30595745M |
| 2018 | Independently Published | – | 272 | OL41540815M |
| 2017 | Amazon Publishing | – | 266 | OL28911507M |
| 2017 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 352 | OL29553489M |
| 2017 | Pan Macmillan | – | 264 | OL28620479M |
| 2016 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 224 | OL28617881M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 254 | OL34069996M |
| 2016 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 256 | OL29281491M |
| 2015 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 272 | OL28537283M |
| 2015 | Creative Company, The | – | 296 | OL28835636M |
| 2015 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 385 | OL34024248M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 324 | OL29686837M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 324 | OL29780410M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 328 | OL29228326M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 316 | OL29693370M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 324 | OL29778716M |
| 2014 | Oxford University Press | – | 335 | OL28366156M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 324 | OL29779170M |
| 2013 | Sterling Children's Books | – | 184 | OL31273701M |
| 2013 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 320 | OL33439719M |
| 2012 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 272 | OL33402831M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 368 | OL33431237M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 368 | OL28485769M |
| 2011 | Dover | – | 292 | OL25077420M |
| 2011 | Oneworld Classics | – | 282 | OL32356088M |
| 2010 | Library of America, The | – | 256 | OL29580009M |
| 2010 | Vintage Classics | Paperback | 272 | OL24083928M |
| 2010 | University of California Press | – | 312 | OL29655663M |
| 2010 | University of California Press | – | 306 | OL29199140M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 222 | OL28458987M |
| 2010 | University of California Press | – | 312 | OL29044913M |
| 2010 | Vintage Classic | – | 232 | OL24499958M |
| 2008 | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | – | 133 | OL23184275M |
| 2008 | Signet Classics | – | 227 | OL23153426M |
| 2008 | University of California Press | – | 274 | OL29575253M |
| 2007 | Oxford University Press | – | 291 | OL23695224M |
| 2007 | W. W. Norton & Co. | – | 383 | OL23140106M |
| 2007 | F. Watts | – | 219 | OL23640764M |
| 2007 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS | – | 207 | OL22748008M |
| 2007 | Large Print Book Co. | – | 261 | OL27227836M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 268 | OL7652951M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 264 | OL7652936M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 264 | OL7652984M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 268 | OL7653004M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 310 | OL10416752M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 348 | OL7652777M |
| 2006 | Thorndike Press | – | 363 | OL28434363M |
| 2006 | Broadview Press | – | 315 | OL25091845M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434711M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 276 | OL7652892M |
| 2006 | Simon & Schuster | – | 259 | OL32766981M |
| 2006 | Gramercy Books | – | 250 | OL31691383M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 272 | OL7652865M |
| 2006 | ICON Classics | – | 270 | OL26883877M |
| 2005 | HarperFestival | Paperback | 272 | OL9235908M |
| 2005 | Pocket Books | – | 336 | OL34424436M |
| 2005 | Scholastic Inc. | – | 219 | OL24954367M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 256 | OL8870337M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL8870157M |
| 2005 | Mediasat Group | – | 231 | OL32354763M |
| 2004 | Geddes & Grosset | – | 190 | OL29292568M |
| 2004 | Sterling Pub. | – | 224 | OL3294713M |
| 2004 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 262 | OL8772715M |
| 2004 | TOR/Tom Doherty Associates Book | – | 235 | OL31889045M |
| 2003 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 312 | OL8860712M |
| 2003 | Everbind Anthologies | – | 403 | OL31523316M |
| 2003 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 312 | OL8860713M |
| 2003 | Puffin | – | 228 | OL7361077M |
| 2003 | Parragon Publishing | Paperback | 296 | OL11651322M |
| 2002 | Penguin Books Ltd | paperback | 208 | OL32770522M |
| 2002 | University of California Press | – | 288 | OL29712285M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955080M |
| 2002 | Gramercy books | – | 214 | OL3560065M |
| 2002 | Kingfisher | – | 348 | OL3948879M |
| 2002 | University of California Press | – | 288 | OL28950347M |
| 2001 | Aladdin Classics | – | 260 | OL3969567M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 280 | OL6794896M |
| 2000 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Mass Market Paperback | 200 | OL12311634M |
| 2000 | Pocket Books | – | 280 | OL3668570M |
| 1999 | Children's Classics | Hardcover | 224 | OL7681343M |
| 1999 | Andre Deutsch | – | 272 | OL29219017M |
| 1999 | Scholastic Paperbacks | – | 336 | OL7510073M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 251 | OL24959985M |
| 1998 | Dover Publications | – | 184 | OL698932M |
| 1998 | EMC/Paradigm Pub. | – | 232 | OL6898417M |
| 1997 | Signet Classic | – | 216 | OL1017798M |
| 1996 | Viking | – | 284 | OL623046M |
| 1996 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 128 | OL29217086M |
| 1996 | G.K. Hall | – | 316 | OL965921M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 274 | OL979602M |
| 1995 | Landoll | Paperback | 224 | OL12195364M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books | – | 282 | OL26337934M |
| 1994 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 317 | OL1437902M |
| 1993 | Longman Pub Group | Paperback | 128 | OL7879720M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | – | 251 | OL1718118M |
| 1992 | J.G. Ferguson Pub. Co. | – | 272 | OL1481381M |
| 1991 | Vintage Books/the Library of America | – | 230 | OL1889098M |
| 1991 | Everyman's Library | – | 435 | OL827851M |
| 1991 | Troll Communications | School & Library Binding | 320 | OL11384747M |
| 1991 | Courage Books | – | 161 | OL1898682M |
| 1991 | Amsco School Publications | – | 248 | OL31961156M |
| 1989 | Choice Publishing, Incorporated | Hardcover | 136 | OL8448573M |
| 1989 | Baronet Books | – | 238 | OL23269790M |
| 1989 | Books of Wonder | – | 261 | OL2222811M |
| 1989 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 297 | OL32770978M |
| 1989 | Children's Classics | – | 214 | OL2210958M |
| 1989 | Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom | – | 256 | OL28736739M |
| 1987 | Running Press | – | 161 | OL2410932M |
| 1986 | Penguin Books | – | 226 | OL24964360M |
| 1986 | Tor Books | Hardcover | 235 | OL11346790M |
| 1985 | Southern Living Gallery | – | 274 | OL2555255M |
| 1985 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 223 | OL2555296M |
| 1985 | Longman Pub Group | Paperback | 128 | OL7881733M |
| 1983 | Buccaneer Books, Incorporated | – | 140 | OL34808460M |
| 1983 | Scholastic | – | 215 | OL15085239M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | – | 292 | OL29716182M |
| 1983 | Puffin | – | 224 | OL7353801M |
| 1982 | Silver Burdett Co. | – | 246 | OL4119523M |
| 1982 | Greenwich House | – | 222 | OL3495599M |
| 1982 | Wanderer Books | – | 279 | OL4269958M |
| 1982 | University of California Press | – | 274 | OL3783953M |
| 1982 | Octopub Books | – | 189 | OL23270147M |
| 1980 | Watermill Press | – | 314 | OL24238805M |
| 1980 | Dean | – | 183 | OL31928052M |
| 1980 | Signet Classic | – | 224 | OL26328204M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 252 | OL4443566M |
| 1977 | Franklin Library | – | 264 | OL4613871M |
| 1975 | Field Enterprises Educational Corp. | – | 249 | OL5757987M |
| 1975 | Purnell | – | 253 | OL4162491M |
| 1974 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | Hardcover | 245 | OL10277048M |
| 1970 | Scholastic | – | 319 | OL24199553M |
| 1970 | Childrens Press | – | 256 | OL5699039M |
| 1968 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 244 | OL5631033M |
| 1968 | Grafisk Forlag | – | 124 | OL26332287M |
| 1967 | Hamlyn | – | 235 | OL5657924M |
| 1966 | Bantam Books | – | 249 | OL5996314M |
| 1964 | Heritage Press | – | 284 | OL5876923M |
| 1962 | Zodiac | – | 247 | OL13727110M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 297 | OL23377687M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 297 | OL5857365M |
| 1962 | Airmont | – | 222 | OL23267138M |
| 1960 | Watts | – | 314 | OL26985020M |
| 1958 | Dodd, Mead | – | 307 | OL6251094M |
| 1958 | Dodd, Mead | – | 307 | OL23248960M |
| 1955 | Whitman Pub. Co. | – | 283 | OL24368557M |
| 1955 | Whitman Publishing Company | Hardcover | 283 | OL27916224M |
| 1946 | Grossett & Dunlap | – | 304 | OL23234189M |
| 1946 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 317 | OL6504611M |
| 1946 | World | – | 302 | OL27785341M |
| 1946 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 304 | OL23327203M |
| 1946 | World | – | 302 | OL13548740M |
| 1939 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the | – | 340 | OL6399365M |
| 1938 | Books Inc. | – | 251 | OL24867005M |
| 1938 | Harper & Brothers | – | 290 | OL13537128M |
| 1937 | [Heritage Club] | – | 284 | OL1466101M |
| 1936 | The Heritage Press | – | 284 | OL13539806M |
| 1932 | – | – | 253 | OL25387682M |
| 1931 | Harper | – | 290 | OL6764404M |
| 1931 | Ginn and Company | – | 255 | OL6766808M |
| 1931 | Saalfield Publishing Company | – | 312 | OL27747433M |
| 1930 | Random House | – | 131 | OL6757315M |
| 1922 | Grosset and Dunlap | – | 291 | OL26237181M |
| 1922 | Gabriel Wells | – | 290 | OL1598193M |
| 1920 | Harper & Brothers | – | 290 | OL22336175M |
| 1920 | Harper & Row | – | 290 | OL13537126M |
| 1917 | Harper & brothers | – | 325 | OL20609683M |
| 1917 | Harper & Brothers | – | 290 | OL7160669M |
| 1904 | Harper | – | 328 | OL7252744M |
| 1902 | American Pub. Co. | – | 274 | OL4932870M |
| 1899 | The American Publishing Company | – | 274 | OL23269299M |
| 1876 | Belford Bros. | – | 341 | OL1466064M |
| 1876 | Musson Book Co. | – | 290 | OL7100790M |
| 1876 | American Pub. Co. | – | 274 | OL23269295M |
| 1876 | Musson Book | – | 293 | OL26590357M |
| 1876 | American Pub. Co. | – | 274 | OL6309447M |
| 1876 | Books, Inc. | – | 292 | OL23337527M |
| 1817 | Gosset & Dunlap - Harber & Brother | Hardcover | 290 | OL25334053M |
| – | Watts | – | 314 | OL23267122M |
| – | Scholastic | – | 319 | OL24369565M |
| – | Not Avail | Paperback | 256 | OL12679956M |
| – | Barnes & Noble | – | 208 | OL23269189M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
- About 272 pages: that is the median of 234 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 124 to 435 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
- About 4 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
- Roughly 75,000 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)).