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How many pages is The Doors of Perception?

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley has a median of 107 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 75 to 144 pages.

Median pages
107
8 editions counted
Range
62–151
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
29k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Doors of Perception 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
1 h 53 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50100150195519601965197019751954: 62 pages1954: 79 pages1956: 62 pages1959: 144 pages1960: 151 pages1970: 79 pages1977: 135 pages1977: 144 pagesmedian 107
50100150196019701954: 62 pages1954: 79 pages1956: 62 pages1959: 144 pages1960: 151 pages1970: 79 pages1977: 135 pages1977: 144 pagesmedian 107
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1977Flamingo–135OL22016097M
1977HarperCollins (UK)Paperback144OL7882820M
1970Harper–79OL20816861M
1960Chatto & Windus–151OL20706755M
1959Penguin in association with Chatto & Windus–144OL22819887M
1956Chatto & Windus–62OL14228122M
1954Chatto & Windus–62OL6150743M
1954Harper–79OL6152917M

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Questions

How many pages is The Doors of Perception?
About 107 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 62 to 151 pages.
How long does it take to read The Doors of Perception?
About 1 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is The Doors of Perception?
Roughly 29,000 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)).