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How many pages is The Hostile Hospital?

The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket has a median of 255 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 255 to 268 pages.

Median pages
255
6 editions counted
Range
255–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Hostile Hospital 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
4 h 30 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.

2502602702005201020152001: 272 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 255
25026027020102001: 272 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2001: 255 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 255
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018HarperCollins Publishers–272OL30595963M
2001HarperCollins–272OL7276685M
2001HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand–255OL29553546M
2001Scholastic–255OL7513212M
2001HarperCollins PublishersHardcover255OL23245855M
2001HarperCollins Publishers–255OL3943351M

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Questions

How many pages is The Hostile Hospital?
About 255 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 255 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read The Hostile Hospital?
About 4 h 30 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 Hostile Hospital?
Roughly 70,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).