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How many pages is The Art of Public Speaking?

The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie has a median of 462 pages across 124 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 401 to 486 pages.

Median pages
462
124 editions counted
Range
210–800
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.9h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
127k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Art of Public Speaking take you?

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Reading time
8 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
18 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.

20040060080019251950197520001915: 512 pages1915: 532 pages1915: 512 pages2005: 452 pages2005: 452 pages2006: 408 pages2007: 452 pages2007: 528 pages2007: 528 pages2007: 356 pages2008: 528 pages2009: 434 pages2011: 352 pages2011: 366 pages2011: 370 pages2011: 406 pages2012: 268 pages2012: 636 pages2012: 394 pages2012: 342 pages2012: 476 pages2013: 342 pages2013: 242 pages2014: 284 pages2014: 462 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 246 pages2014: 462 pages2014: 434 pages2014: 320 pages2015: 232 pages2015: 460 pages2015: 462 pages2015: 462 pages2015: 420 pages2015: 338 pages2015: 462 pages2015: 456 pages2015: 800 pages2016: 546 pages2016: 560 pages2016: 552 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 568 pages2016: 394 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 416 pages2016: 356 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 560 pages2016: 462 pages2016: 342 pages2016: 426 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 390 pages2017: 487 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 568 pages2017: 530 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 788 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 648 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 456 pages2017: 532 pages2017: 324 pages2017: 456 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 340 pages2017: 486 pages2017: 470 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 462 pages2017: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 334 pages2018: 368 pages2018: 450 pages2018: 314 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 470 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 334 pages2018: 402 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 452 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 588 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 390 pages2018: 472 pages2018: 452 pages2018: 512 pages2018: 390 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 528 pages2018: 279 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 462 pages2018: 210 pages2018: 512 pages2019: 352 pages2019: 390 pages2019: 397 pages2020: 434 pages2020: 465 pages2021: 483 pages2022: 538 pagesmedian 462
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Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover49029 h 26 min
Paperback45278 h 42 min

Editions counted

The 124 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 24 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 237 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Creative Media Partners, LLC–538OL46271350M
2021Independently Published–483OL34264113M
2020Independently Published–434OL30265744M
2020Independently Published–465OL34249873M
2019Barnes & Noble Books–352OL29555898M
2019Independently Published–390OL29968904M
2019Independently Published–397OL29844683M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–462OL55180829M

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Questions

How many pages is The Art of Public Speaking?
About 462 pages: that is the median of 124 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 210 to 800 pages.
How long does it take to read The Art of Public Speaking?
About 8 h 54 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Art of Public Speaking?
Roughly 127,000 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)).