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How many pages is The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell?

The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley has a median of 147 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 143 to 185 pages.

Median pages
147
14 editions counted
Range
135–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
40k
at 275 words per page

How long will it 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
2 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

140160180200196019701980199020001956: 185 pages1959: 141 pages1959: 143 pages1959: 143 pages1960: 151 pages1961: 152 pages1961: 143 pages1963: 185 pages1967: 143 pages1971: 143 pages1990: 185 pages1990: 192 pages1994: 135 pages2004: 192 pagesmedian 147
1401601802001960198020001956: 185 pages1959: 141 pages1959: 143 pages1959: 143 pages1960: 151 pages1961: 152 pages1961: 143 pages1963: 185 pages1967: 143 pages1971: 143 pages1990: 185 pages1990: 192 pages1994: 135 pages2004: 192 pagesmedian 147
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Harper Perennial Modern Classics–192OL7279505M
1994Flamingo–135OL20768529M
1990Perennial Library–185OL21564079M
1990PerennialPaperback192OL9238585M
1971Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus–143OL19090527M
1967Penguin Books–143OL53710338M
1963Harper & Row–185OL5888357M
1961Chatto& Windus–152OL18840289M

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Questions

How many pages is The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell?
About 147 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 135 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell?
About 2 h 50 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 Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell?
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)).