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How many pages is The First Horror?

The First Horror by Robert Lawrence Stine has a median of 148 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 148 to 160 pages.

Median pages
148
5 editions counted
Range
148–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
41k
at 275 words per page

How long will The First Horror take you?

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Reading time
2 h 37 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.

15016019952000200520101994: 160 pages1994: 148 pages1994: 148 pages1994: 148 pages2014: 160 pagesmedian 148
150160200020101994: 160 pages1994: 148 pages1994: 148 pages1994: 148 pages2014: 160 pagesmedian 148
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 12 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Simon & Schuster, Limited–160OL33480603M
1994Simon PulseMass Market Paperback160OL7667591M
1994Pocket Books–148OL24787854M
1994Parachute Press Book–148OL24502759M
1994Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding148OL9479284M

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Questions

How many pages is The First Horror?
About 148 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 148 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read The First Horror?
About 2 h 37 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The First Horror?
Roughly 41,000 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)).