Book · by Alan Watts · first published 1966
How many pages is The Book?
The Book by Alan Watts has a median of 146 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 146 to 163 pages.
How long will The Book take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | TBS/GBS/Transworld | – | 176 | OL29149955M |
| 1989 | Vintage | Paperback | 176 | OL7699795M |
| 1972 | Vintage Books | – | 146 | OL5285814M |
| 1967 | Collier | – | 150 | OL14067194M |
| 1966 | Pantheon Books | – | 146 | OL5981437M |
| 1966 | Pantheon Books | – | 146 | OL22962107M |
| 1966 | Pantheon Books | – | 146 | OL22819832M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Book?
- About 146 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 146 to 176 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Book?
- About 2 h 49 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is The Book?
- Roughly 40,000 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)).