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How many pages is The Big Bad Wolf?

The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson has a median of 408 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 326 to 422 pages.

Median pages
408
12 editions counted
Range
314–458
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
112k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Big Bad Wolf take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
7 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

30035040045020022004200620082003: 418 pages2003: 418 pages2003: 390 pages2003: 314 pages2003: 326 pages2003: 400 pages2003: 458 pages2004: 416 pages2004: 432 pages2004: 432 pages2006: 326 pagesmedian 408
3003504004502002200520072003: 418 pages2003: 418 pages2003: 390 pages2003: 314 pages2003: 326 pages2003: 400 pages2003: 458 pages2004: 416 pages2004: 432 pages2004: 432 pages2006: 326 pagesmedian 408
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 56 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006BCA–326OL46545240M
2004HeadlinePaperback416OL7992789M
2004Tandem LibraryLibrary Binding432OL11761465M
2004Warner Books–432OL7537659M
2003Headline–418OL58888024M
2003Warner Books–418OL22155205M
2003Little, Brown and Company–390OL46540044M
2003BCA–314OL15553179M

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Questions

How many pages is The Big Bad Wolf?
About 408 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 314 to 458 pages.
How long does it take to read The Big Bad Wolf?
About 7 h 12 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The Big Bad Wolf?
Roughly 112,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).