Book · by Benjamin Franklin · first published 1892
How many pages is The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin?
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin has a median of 218 pages across 248 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 172 to 294 pages.
Median pages
218
248 editions counted
Range
104–484
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin take you?
Reading time
4 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
9 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 | 2 | 4 h 56 min |
| Paperback | 208 | 11 | 4 h |
Editions counted
The 248 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 23 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 679 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
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| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 178 | OL33904594M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 142 | OL29899843M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 116 | OL30030978M |
| 2018 | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated | – | 249 | OL29411877M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 172 | OL55575211M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 288 | OL55260571M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 206 | OL55980382M |
| 2016 | Standard Ebooks | – | 256 | OL37044824M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 140 | OL54647193M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 200 | OL29732429M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 142 | OL54749307M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL54914468M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 200 | OL29778655M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 138 | OL55488015M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 224 | OL55073482M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 200 | OL29721655M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 126 | OL55569273M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 136 | OL54644658M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL55686931M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 134 | OL54651948M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 242 | OL55075778M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 148 | OL55860845M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 170 | OL55684516M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 286 | OL55571424M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL55427977M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL54824614M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL55777638M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 146 | OL55912997M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL55193569M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 134 | OL55294617M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 132 | OL55969515M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 152 | OL55073099M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 148 | OL55765143M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL55063605M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 172 | OL55762638M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL54940383M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL56006118M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL55192219M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 148 | OL55884033M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 176 | OL54937072M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 232 | OL55191485M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL56003276M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 352 | OL54332860M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 280 | OL54384531M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 256 | OL54387652M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 182 | OL54590359M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 140 | OL54453995M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 288 | OL54257289M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 164 | OL54266499M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 176 | OL54266609M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 116 | OL54113223M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 126 | OL54371103M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 410 | OL54094023M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 176 | OL54515323M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 194 | OL54309803M |
| 2012 | W.W. Norton | – | 441 | OL25151414M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 162 | OL54501499M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 266 | OL54574338M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 126 | OL54508524M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL54376584M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 160 | OL54088762M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 128 | OL54164639M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 182 | OL54225904M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 118 | OL54221236M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 148 | OL54497812M |
| 2010 | University of Pennsylvania Press | – | 192 | OL33395788M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 210 | OL54554053M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 154 | OL54277470M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 178 | OL54277700M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 152 | OL54146954M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 118 | OL54214959M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 146 | OL54143509M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 152 | OL54417781M |
| 2009 | Read Books | – | 212 | OL53906386M |
| 2008 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 186 | OL31944031M |
| 2007 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 160 | OL33426887M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish.com | – | 148 | OL36188406M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 208 | OL7652947M |
| 2006 | Arion Press | – | 187 | OL23073287M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 220 | OL7652876M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 208 | OL7652903M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 276 | OL7652672M |
| 2006 | NuVision Publications | Paperback | 152 | OL8882357M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 204 | OL7652988M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 212 | OL7652848M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 204 | OL7652920M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 171 | OL31690453M |
| 2005 | PENN/University of Pennsylvania Press | – | 180 | OL3424339M |
| 2005 | Regnery Pub. | – | 484 | OL3417637M |
| 2004 | Simon & Schuster | – | 143 | OL3688293M |
| 2003 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL17625143M |
| 2003 | Bedford/St. Martin's | – | 208 | OL3575902M |
| 2000 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Mass Market Paperback | 150 | OL12311621M |
| 1998 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 304 | OL8978849M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 312 | OL9841710M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 201 | OL12286488M |
| 1997 | Touchstone | – | 160 | OL26329185M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 132 | OL25847085M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | – | 136 | OL799593M |
| 1994 | Barnes and Noble | – | 220 | OL23268977M |
| 1993 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 175 | OL1749954M |
| 1990 | Vintage Books/Library of America | – | 214 | OL2216776M |
| 1990 | Harvard University Press | – | 297 | OL22217476M |
| 1989 | Folio Society | – | 260 | OL17858082M |
| 1986 | Norton | – | 391 | OL2842090M |
| 1984 | Franklin Library | – | 228 | OL2566835M |
| 1983 | Franklin Library | – | 191 | OL3214566M |
| 1981 | University of Tennessee Press | – | 288 | OL4735854M |
| 1981 | McGraw-Hill Education | – | 223 | OL28942516M |
| 1981 | Modern Library | – | 223 | OL4111324M |
| 1979 | Franklin Library | – | 228 | OL4448408M |
| 1976 | Easton Press | – | 233 | OL50175950M |
| 1976 | The Easton Press | – | 233 | OL17722263M |
| 1972 | Newsweek | – | 416 | OL5321131M |
| 1969 | Macmillan | – | 276 | OL4752355M |
| 1967 | Macmillan | – | 217 | OL5530156M |
| 1966 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 169 | OL31881078M |
| 1965 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 159 | OL13728227M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL26883843M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL23847723M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL17762759M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 368 | OL28942515M |
| 1964 | Yale U. P | – | 351 | OL19162134M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL5911068M |
| 1964 | Dent | – | 240 | OL19826369M |
| 1964 | Yale University Press | – | 351 | OL26536539M |
| 1962 | Touchstone | paperback | 160 | OL32236381M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 160 | OL5850237M |
| 1960 | Washington Square Press | – | 215 | OL50175943M |
| 1959 | Rinehart | – | 293 | OL5776118M |
| 1959 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers | – | 274 | OL20502050M |
| 1957 | Fine Editions Press | – | 240 | OL13942781M |
| 1957 | Fine Editions Press | – | 240 | OL6239701M |
| 1956 | Harper | – | 231 | OL6198480M |
| 1955 | Pocket Books | – | 215 | OL6186477M |
| 1952 | Liberal Arts Press | – | 218 | OL6116133M |
| 1951 | Heritage Press | – | 233 | OL30370301M |
| 1951 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 286 | OL49965156M |
| 1949 | University of California Press | – | 422 | OL16531708M |
| 1949 | University of California Press | – | 422 | OL6048825M |
| 1949 | Univ. of California Press | – | 210 | OL6048824M |
| 1949 | University of California P | – | 422 | OL13696953M |
| 1949 | Published in cooperation with the Huntington Library, Univer | – | 422 | OL14764241M |
| 1949 | Published in cooperation with the Huntington Library [by] Un | – | 422 | OL27788007M |
| 1948 | Rinehart | – | 176 | OL6031568M |
| 1948 | Dent | – | 240 | OL13696863M |
| 1941 | Published for the Classics Club by W.J. Black | – | 300 | OL6424629M |
| 1940 | Pocket Books | – | 212 | OL50104078M |
| 1939 | Garden City publishing co., inc. | – | 274 | OL6395178M |
| 1937 | Collier | – | 397 | OL17642182M |
| 1937 | A.L. Burt | – | 311 | OL17639873M |
| 1937 | P.F. Collier | – | 395 | OL26558078M |
| 1937 | P.F. Collier | – | 395 | OL17631186M |
| 1936 | Spencer Press | – | 311 | OL17763423M |
| 1936 | Spencer Press | – | 311 | OL32078826M |
| 1932 | W. J. Black, inc. | – | 312 | OL6284789M |
| 1931 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by John | – | 243 | OL6770618M |
| 1930 | The Macmillan Company | – | 380 | OL6742773M |
| 1927 | The Macmillan company | – | 243 | OL6696686M |
| 1927 | Macmillan | – | 239 | OL17772883M |
| 1926 | Harcourt, Brace and Company | – | 218 | OL6690388M |
| 1924 | H. Milford, Oxford University Press | – | 247 | OL6677450M |
| 1918 | Charles E. Merrill company | – | 336 | OL6611780M |
| 1917 | Houghton | – | 253 | OL49658439M |
| 1917 | J. M. Dent & sons ltd. | – | 314 | OL25166732M |
| 1916 | J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd. | – | 314 | OL6633772M |
| 1916 | H. Holt | – | 346 | OL25069673M |
| 1916 | Dutton | – | 314 | OL23847722M |
| 1916 | Garden City Pub. Co. | – | 346 | OL23373777M |
| 1916 | Putnam's Sons | – | 325 | OL7080181M |
| 1916 | H. Holt and company | – | 346 | OL6591867M |
| 1912 | H. Holt and company | – | 231 | OL7154232M |
| 1912 | Newson and Company | – | 241 | OL24113038M |
| 1912 | H. Holt and company | – | 231 | OL7227211M |
| 1912 | Rand McNally & company | – | 314 | OL6548964M |
| 1912 | Newson and Company | – | 241 | OL23375488M |
| 1910 | Johnson & Hardin | – | 170 | OL14544272M |
| 1910 | J. M. Dent & co. | – | 314 | OL25523330M |
| 1910 | American Book Company | – | 205 | OL6526846M |
| 1910 | American Book Co. | – | 205 | OL24636404M |
| 1909 | J. M. Dent | – | 314 | OL7147547M |
| 1909 | Putnam's | – | 319 | OL26292516M |
| 1909 | G.P. Putnam's sons | – | 325 | OL7218785M |
| 1909 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 106 | OL32372574M |
| 1909 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | – | 325 | OL17903179M |
| 1909 | P.F. Collier | – | 416 | OL24768921M |
| 1909 | G.P. Putnam's sons | – | 325 | OL7019667M |
| 1907 | Scott, Foresman and company | – | 268 | OL25528000M |
| 1907 | American book company | – | 287 | OL6990157M |
| 1906 | The Reilly & Britton Co. | – | 264 | OL6975206M |
| 1906 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 183 | OL6977311M |
| 1906 | Houghton, Mifflin & co | – | 183 | OL7153895M |
| 1905 | J.M. Dent | – | 314 | OL6040453M |
| 1905 | J. M. Dent | – | 314 | OL7105936M |
| 1905 | Longmans, Green | – | 203 | OL6963494M |
| 1904 | Ginn | – | 311 | OL17390768M |
| 1903 | T. Y. Crowell & co. | – | 279 | OL6931331M |
| 1903 | R. R. Donnelley & sons company | – | 264 | OL6569256M |
| 1903 | R. R. Donnelley & sons company | – | 264 | OL7046183M |
| 1901 | The Century Co. | – | 299 | OL6909891M |
| 1901 | Cassell & Company | – | 192 | OL26272478M |
| 1901 | Cassell | – | 192 | OL7103073M |
| 1901 | Macmillan Co. | – | 249 | OL24149884M |
| 1900 | Mershon Co. | – | 192 | OL26197885M |
| 1900 | A.L. Burt Company | – | 308 | OL13529090M |
| 1900 | Amsco School Publications | – | 203 | OL16174727M |
| 1899 | D. Appleton and company | – | 401 | OL24151972M |
| 1898 | The Rowfant Club | – | 223 | OL24188662M |
| 1898 | Doubleday & McClure Co. | – | 178 | OL6550597M |
| 1898 | The Rowfant Club | – | 223 | OL6931444M |
| 1896 | American book company | – | 206 | OL6565766M |
| 1895 | Henry Altemus | – | 287 | OL23279668M |
| 1892 | E. Maynard & Co. | – | 192 | OL6550548M |
| 1890 | Mershon Co. | – | 192 | OL26197884M |
| 1886 | George Munro | – | 155 | OL31756486M |
| 1886 | Cassell | – | 192 | OL26250976M |
| 1886 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | – | 238 | OL30118380M |
| 1884 | George Bell & Sons | – | 154 | OL24943934M |
| 1884 | George Bell & Sons | – | 154 | OL24932220M |
| 1884 | George Bell & Sons | – | 154 | OL24932625M |
| 1868 | J.B. Lippincott | – | 409 | OL7101328M |
| 1868 | J.B. Lippincott & Co. | – | 409 | OL23721585M |
| 1868 | J.B. Lippincott & Co.; [etc., etc.] | – | 409 | OL7222653M |
| 1868 | J.B. Lippincott & Co.; [etc., etc.] | – | 409 | OL23279690M |
| 1855 | Miller, Orton & Mulligan | – | 375 | OL7211111M |
| 1851 | Cornish, Lamport & Co. | – | 255 | OL7088201M |
| 1850 | H.G. Bohn | – | 154 | OL7178346M |
| 1850 | Henry G. Bohn | – | 154 | OL6565764M |
| 1828 | A. Wright | – | 192 | OL6714864M |
| 1823 | Starr & Niles | – | 300 | OL7089019M |
| 1823 | Starr & Niles | – | 300 | OL6752958M |
| 1815 | Published by I. Thomas, jun. and J.T. Buckingham | – | 168 | OL6550492M |
| 1813 | Printed by Cramer, Spear, and Eichbaum, and sold at their Fr | – | 279 | OL6618691M |
| 1809 | Printed by Samuel Goss, for Josiah Parks | – | 202 | OL6596093M |
| 1800 | s.n. | – | 144 | OL3386581M |
| 1799 | Printed and Sold by Peter Brynberg | – | 178 | OL6565759M |
| 1798 | Printed for Charles Holt | – | 200 | OL6550485M |
| 1796 | Printed for Cushing and Carlton | – | 132 | OL6569012M |
| 1795 | Printed and sold by N. Douglas | – | 207 | OL6624960M |
| 1794 | Printed for Benjamin Johnson, No. 147, High-Sreet | – | 197 | OL6565758M |
| 1794 | Printed and sold by T. and J. Swords | – | 214 | OL6618492M |
| 1791 | Chez Buisson, Libraire ... | – | 363 | OL6981465M |
| – | Books, Inc | – | 240 | OL24938078M |
| – | Books, Inc. | – | 240 | OL23374157M |
| – | Books, Inc | – | 240 | OL24981604M |
| – | Pub. in cooperation with the Huntington Lib. [by the] Univ. | – | 422 | OL17643920M |
| – | Carlton House | – | 260 | OL26888130M |
| – | Carlton House | – | 260 | OL17643501M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin?
- About 218 pages: that is the median of 248 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 104 to 484 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin?
- About 4 h 11 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin?
- Roughly 60,000 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)).