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Book · by Martin Luther King Jr. · first published 1998

How many pages is The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. has a median of 416 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 400 to 416 pages.

Median pages
416
5 editions counted
Range
400–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.0h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
114k
at 275 words per page

How long will it 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
8 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.

40042019961998200020021998: 400 pages1999: 416 pages2000: 416 pages2001: 400 pages2001: 416 pagesmedian 416
4004201997200020021998: 400 pages1999: 416 pages2000: 416 pages2001: 400 pages2001: 416 pagesmedian 416
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 17 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2001Intellectual Properties Management in association with Warne–400OL22859490M
2001Grand Central Publishing–416OL7538141M
2000Little, Brown Book Group Limited–416OL28951994M
1999Little, Brown Book Group Limited–416OL33345345M
1998Warner Books–400OL23242574M

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Questions

How many pages is The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
About 416 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
About 8 h 01 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Roughly 114,000 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)).