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How many pages is The Art of Loving?

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm has a median of 133 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 118 to 144 pages.

Median pages
133
29 editions counted
Range
70–210
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
37k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Art of Loving 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
2 h 34 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.

501001502001960198020001956: 133 pages1956: 146 pages1956: 146 pages1956: 133 pages1956: 130 pages1956: 133 pages1956: 117 pages1957: 143 pages1962: 118 pages1962: 118 pages1962: 146 pages1962: 146 pages1962: 133 pages1962: 146 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1967: 130 pages1967: 118 pages1970: 130 pages1974: 118 pages1989: 138 pages1993: 109 pages2000: 144 pages2000: 130 pages2006: 176 pages2013: 133 pages2016: 70 pages2016: 210 pagesmedian 133
501001502001960198020001956: 133 pages1956: 146 pages1956: 146 pages1956: 133 pages1956: 130 pages1956: 133 pages1956: 117 pages1957: 143 pages1962: 118 pages1962: 118 pages1962: 146 pages1962: 146 pages1962: 133 pages1962: 146 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1963: 118 pages1967: 130 pages1967: 118 pages1970: 130 pages1974: 118 pages1989: 138 pages1993: 109 pages2000: 144 pages2000: 130 pages2006: 176 pages2013: 133 pages2016: 70 pages2016: 210 pagesmedian 133
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 101 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–70OL56281832M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–210OL55977351M
2013Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.–133OL33454218M
2006Harper Perennial Modern Classics–176OL7288391M
2000Harper Perennial–144OL7285655M
2000Continuum International Publishing GroupHardcover130OL8167702M
1993Aquarian/Thorsons–109OL15385468M
1989Perennial–138OL7284351M

Questions

How many pages is The Art of Loving?
About 133 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 70 to 210 pages.
How long does it take to read The Art of Loving?
About 2 h 34 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Art of Loving?
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)).