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How many pages is The Enormous Crocodile?

The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl has a median of 34 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 32 to 64 pages.

Median pages
34
14 editions counted
Range
32–64
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
9k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Enormous Crocodile 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
36 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

406019801990200020101978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1984: 44 pages1984: 64 pages1999: 32 pages2000: 64 pages2000: 64 pages2000: 64 pages2003: 32 pages2009: 32 pages2016: 64 pages2018: 36 pagesmedian 34
4060198020001978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1978: 32 pages1984: 44 pages1984: 64 pages1999: 32 pages2000: 64 pages2000: 64 pages2000: 64 pages2003: 32 pages2009: 32 pages2016: 64 pages2018: 36 pagesmedian 34
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 75 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Penguin Books, Limited–36OL28648695M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–64OL28592315M
2009Penguin Young Readers Group–32OL29572111M
2003Puffin–32OL7360516M
2000Knopf Books for Young Readers–64OL7429700M
2000Puffin BooksPaperback64OL10099252M
2000Knopf Books for Young Readers–64OL7428406M
1999Viking Penguin–32OL7355858M

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Questions

How many pages is The Enormous Crocodile?
About 34 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 32 to 64 pages.
How long does it take to read The Enormous Crocodile?
About 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is The Enormous Crocodile?
Roughly 9,000 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)).