Book · by Kathryn Stockett · first published 2009
How many pages is The Help?
The Help by Kathryn Stockett has a median of 464 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 461 to 494 pages.
Median pages
464
8 editions counted
Range
451–720
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
128k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Help take you?
Reading time
8 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 73 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 464 | OL28609565M |
| 2015 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 464 | OL34517036M |
| 2014 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 464 | OL34505574M |
| 2011 | Thorndike Press | – | 720 | OL28757555M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 464 | OL34458811M |
| 2010 | Fig Tree | – | 451 | OL28252045M |
| 2009 | Ulverscroft Large Print Books | – | 584 | OL34454765M |
| 2009 | Amy Einhorn Books | Hardcover | 451 | OL24187776M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Help?
- About 464 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 451 to 720 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Help?
- About 8 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
- How many words is The Help?
- Roughly 128,000 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)).