Book · by Paulo Coelho
How many pages is The Alchemist?
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho has a median of 198 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 177 to 208 pages.
How long will The Alchemist take you?
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 | 192 | 3 | 3 h 23 min |
| Paperback | 200 | 4 | 3 h 32 min |
| Mass market | 208 | 2 | 3 h 40 min |
Editions counted
The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 141 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | HarperOne | hardcover | 208 | OL27279391M |
| 2015 | HarperOne | – | 208 | OL26629826M |
| 2014 | Harper | mass market paperback | 208 | OL31896849M |
| 2014 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 208 | OL29680666M |
| 2006 | HarperOne | Hardcover | 192 | OL9238298M |
| 2006 | HarperSanFrancisco | Paperback | 208 | OL9219136M |
| 2006 | HarperSanFrancisco | – | 208 | OL7288233M |
| 2006 | HarperTorch | mass market paperback | 208 | OL31851201M |
| 2005 | HarperSanFrancisco | Paperback | 176 | OL9245075M |
| 2005 | Thorndike Press | – | 224 | OL7282711M |
| 2002 | HarperSanFrancisco | – | 174 | OL22373556M |
| 2002 | Harper San Francisco | – | 167 | OL7278330M |
| 2002 | HarperCollins Publishers | Hardcover | 192 | OL9950156M |
| 2001 | Rebound by Sagebrush | – | 167 | OL7599298M |
| 2000 | Planeta | Paperback | 222 | OL13188702M |
| 1998 | HarperFlamingo | – | 198 | OL347814M |
| 1997 | Thorsons | – | 172 | OL22643701M |
| 1995 | Thorsons | – | 177 | OL24953402M |
| 1995 | G.K. Hall | – | 207 | OL1116683M |
| 1993 | HarperSanFrancisco | – | 177 | OL1745833M |
| 1993 | HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited | Paperback | 192 | OL9245094M |
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All 4 books by Paulo Coelho with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Alchemist?
- About 198 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 167 to 224 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Alchemist?
- About 3 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is The Alchemist?
- Roughly 54,000 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)).