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How many pages is The Body?

The Body by Bill Bryson has a median of 464 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 450 to 464 pages.

Median pages
464
5 editions counted
Range
448–544
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.9h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
128k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Body 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 56 min
At 30 min a day
18 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.

4505005502018202020222019: 464 pages2019: 448 pages2019: 450 pages2020: 544 pages2021: 464 pagesmedian 464
4505005502018202020222019: 464 pages2019: 448 pages2019: 450 pages2020: 544 pages2021: 464 pagesmedian 464
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Anchor Bookspaperback464OL31835238M
2020Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29513970M
2019Doubleday Canada–464OL28920031M
2019Doubleday–448OL28720778M
2019Doubleday Books–450OL27541128M

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Questions

How many pages is The Body?
About 464 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 448 to 544 pages.
How long does it take to read The Body?
About 8 h 56 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 Body?
Roughly 128,000 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)).