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How many pages is The First Men in the Moon?

The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells has a median of 240 pages across 55 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 199 to 252 pages.

Median pages
240
55 editions counted
Range
113–376
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

100200300400190019251950197520001900: 376 pages1900: 288 pages1901: 342 pages1901: 312 pages1902: 287 pages1933: 254 pages1954: 255 pages1965: 160 pages1967: 176 pages1968: 284 pages1968: 284 pages1978: 255 pages1980: 176 pages1985: 160 pages1989: 164 pages1993: 201 pages1995: 229 pages1998: 321 pages2000: 161 pages2003: 240 pages2005: 213 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 166 pages2007: 214 pages2007: 196 pages2012: 333 pages2017: 181 pages2020: 164 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 247 pages2020: 197 pages2020: 247 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 246 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 113 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 212 pages2021: 194 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 234 pages2021: 238 pages2022: 231 pagesmedian 240
1002003004001900195020001900: 376 pages1900: 288 pages1901: 342 pages1901: 312 pages1902: 287 pages1933: 254 pages1954: 255 pages1965: 160 pages1967: 176 pages1968: 284 pages1968: 284 pages1978: 255 pages1980: 176 pages1985: 160 pages1989: 164 pages1993: 201 pages1995: 229 pages1998: 321 pages2000: 161 pages2003: 240 pages2005: 213 pages2006: 144 pages2006: 166 pages2007: 214 pages2007: 196 pages2012: 333 pages2017: 181 pages2020: 164 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 246 pages2020: 247 pages2020: 197 pages2020: 247 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 246 pages2021: 245 pages2021: 113 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 212 pages2021: 194 pages2021: 238 pages2021: 234 pages2021: 238 pages2022: 231 pagesmedian 240
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 3 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 55 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 114 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Fox Eye PublishingPaperback231OL51283281M
2021Independently Published–245OL34221461M
2021Independently Published–245OL34210083M
2021Independently Published–247OL34306617M
2021Independently Published–238OL34309683M
2021Independently Published–238OL34288759M
2021Independently Published–247OL34302275M
2021Independently Published–246OL34289509M

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Questions

How many pages is The First Men in the Moon?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 55 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 113 to 376 pages.
How long does it take to read The First Men in the Moon?
About 4 h 14 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The First Men in the Moon?
Roughly 66,000 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)).