Book · by Alex Haley · first published 1992
How many pages is The autobiography of Malcolm X?
The autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley has a median of 460 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 460 to 500 pages.
How long will The autobiography of Malcolm X 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 | 483 | 2 | 9 h 18 min |
| Mass market | 460 | 3 | 8 h 52 min |
Editions counted
The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 512 | OL28452551M |
| 1999 | Ballantine Books | Hardcover | 500 | OL1743891M |
| 1999 | One World/Ballantine Books | – | 500 | OL23058444M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 466 | OL7973456M |
| 1993 | Penguin | – | 512 | OL22376509M |
| 1992 | Ballantine Books | – | 527 | OL1578481M |
| 1987 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL9841755M |
| 1986 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 460 | OL10684970M |
| 1980 | Ballantine Books | Mass Market Paperback | 460 | OL10683612M |
| 1977 | Grove Press | Paperback | 460 | OL7875030M |
| 1973 | Ballantine Books | – | 460 | OL17759051M |
| 1973 | Ballantine Books | – | 460 | OL23998191M |
| 1971 | Penguin Books | – | 512 | OL22595995M |
| 1969 | Random House | – | 460 | OL7455734M |
| 1968 | Penguin | – | 512 | OL22269990M |
| 1966 | Grove Press | – | 460 | OL3542621M |
| 1966 | Grove Press | – | 460 | OL17759841M |
| 1966 | Grove Press | – | 460 | OL15163130M |
| 1966 | Grove Press | – | 460 | OL17728216M |
| 1966 | Grove Press | – | 460 | OL24200796M |
| 1966 | Hutchinson | – | 462 | OL6013119M |
| 1966 | Hutchinson | – | 462 | OL22015273M |
| 1965 | Grove Press | – | 455 | OL5953732M |
| 1965 | Grove Press | – | 455 | OL21224457M |
| 1965 | Grove Press | – | 455 | OL23161833M |
Questions
- How many pages is The autobiography of Malcolm X?
- About 460 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 455 to 527 pages.
- How long does it take to read The autobiography of Malcolm X?
- About 8 h 52 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 autobiography of Malcolm X?
- Roughly 126,000 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)).