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How many pages is The Birchbark House?

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich has a median of 244 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 243 to 256 pages.

Median pages
244
8 editions counted
Range
192–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
67k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Birchbark House 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
4 h 18 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.

200250200020052010201520201999: 244 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 256 pages1999: 244 pages2000: 239 pages2000: 272 pages2002: 244 pages2022: 256 pagesmedian 244
2002502000201020201999: 244 pages1999: 192 pages1999: 256 pages1999: 244 pages2000: 239 pages2000: 272 pages2002: 244 pages2022: 256 pagesmedian 244
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL30080536M
2002HyperionPaperback244OL8142118M
2000Scholastic–239OL26336404M
2000Thorndike Press–272OL45769M
1999HyperionBooks for Children–244OL383852M
1999HyperionHardcover192OL8142269M
1999HyperionHardcover256OL8141870M
1999HyperionBooks for Children–244OL23243881M

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Questions

How many pages is The Birchbark House?
About 244 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read The Birchbark House?
About 4 h 18 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Birchbark House?
Roughly 67,000 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)).