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How many pages is The Carnivorous Carnival?

The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket has a median of 286 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 286 pages.

Median pages
286
5 editions counted
Range
286–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Carnivorous Carnival 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
5 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2802903003102005201020152002: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2018: 304 pagesmedian 286
28029030031020102002: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2003: 286 pages2018: 304 pagesmedian 286
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018HarperCollins Publishers–304OL28688325M
2003HarperCollins–286OL23277262M
2003HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand–286OL29556493M
2003Scholastic Inc.Paperback286OL7513772M
2002HarperCollins–286OL24740203M

More by Lemony Snicket

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Questions

How many pages is The Carnivorous Carnival?
About 286 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 286 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read The Carnivorous Carnival?
About 5 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Carnivorous Carnival?
Roughly 79,000 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)).