How long does it take to read The Jungle Book?

About 3 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.

How many words is The Jungle Book?

Roughly 57,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by Rudyard Kipling · first published 2000

How many pages is The Jungle Book?

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling has a median of 208 pages across 184 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 172 to 261 pages.

Median pages

208

184 editions counted

Range

91–416

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

3.7h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

57k

at 275 words per page

How long will The Jungle Book 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 speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

3 h 39 min

At 30 min a day

8 days

At 1 hour a day

4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	176	12	3 h 06 min
Paperback	160	13	2 h 49 min

Editions counted

The 184 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 31 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 731 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34233714M
2021	Independently Published	–	228	OL34265922M
2021	Independently Published	–	172	OL34296939M
2021	Independently Published	–	227	OL34311996M
2021	Independently Published	–	150	OL34354214M
2021	Independently Published	–	303	OL34256871M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34217189M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34346055M
2021	Wordsworth Editions, Limited	–	400	OL33933501M
2021	Independently Published	–	172	OL34285770M
2021	West Margin Press	–	128	OL33922425M
2021	HarperCollins Publishers Limited	–	240	OL33957945M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34336794M
2021	Independently Published	–	172	OL34217468M
2021	Independently Published	–	172	OL34297805M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34357519M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34356444M
2021	Arcturus Publishing	–	256	OL33953193M
2021	Independently Published	–	172	OL34324616M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34199944M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34211432M
2021	Independently Published	–	256	OL34312272M
2021	Independently Published	–	196	OL34266854M
2021	Independently Published	–	175	OL34351755M
2021	Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd.	–	192	OL33933042M
2020	Independently Published	–	165	OL30002324M
2020	Independently Published	–	196	OL34238747M
2020	HardPress	–	338	OL30299090M
2020	West Margin Press	–	126	OL33829504M
2020	Independently Published	–	173	OL29973089M
2020	Independently Published	–	143	OL29984219M
2020	Penguin Books, Limited	–	240	OL29470590M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL30026362M
2020	Independently Published	–	135	OL34308112M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL29993179M
2020	Independently Published	–	207	OL30353640M
2020	Independently Published	–	196	OL34243335M
2020	Flame Tree Publishing	–	416	OL28078759M
2020	Independently Published	–	135	OL30075030M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL30042511M
2020	Independently Published	–	143	OL30076951M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL30077937M
2020	Independently Published	–	143	OL30055285M
2020	Independently Published	–	175	OL30017758M
2019	Legend Press	–	288	OL29394874M
2019	Arcturus Publishing	–	192	OL28895329M
2019	Faber & Faber, Incorporated	–	272	OL28844933M
2019	Legend Press	Softcover	288	OL29394870M
2018	Independently Published	–	110	OL40545046M
2018	Penguin Books, Limited	–	224	OL28694474M
2018	Printers Row Publishing Group	–	188	OL34076195M
2017	Readerlink Distribution Services	–	188	OL34069863M
2017	Independently Published	–	101	OL40538911M
2017	Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd.	–	192	OL33559427M
2017	Arcturus Publishing	–	192	OL29554053M
2017	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	222	OL55804955M
2016	Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated	–	224	OL33308674M
2016	Pan Macmillan	–	320	OL28593948M
2016	Arcturus Publishing	–	256	OL28804901M
2016	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	96	OL37747067M
2016	Penguin Random House	–	240	OL28613306M
2016	HarperCollins Publishers	–	256	OL28565053M
2016	Penguin Books, Limited	–	352	OL29424989M
2016	Oxford University Press	–	224	OL28590994M
2016	Faber & Faber, Limited	–	272	OL28597546M
2016	Scholastic	–	208	OL29553420M
2016	Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated	–	224	OL34058171M
2016	Roads Publishing	–	256	OL28808866M
2016	Scholastic	–	208	OL29549845M
2016	HarperCollins Publishers Limited	–	208	OL28604918M
2015	Quarto Publishing Group USA	–	160	OL28569248M
2015	Penguin Books, Limited	–	256	OL28564196M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	198	OL29703507M
2015	Walker Books, Limited	–	160	OL28576063M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	198	OL29778181M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	198	OL29779055M
2015	Joe Books Inc.	–	288	OL34013870M
2015	[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]	–	112	OL32112149M
2015	Lerner Publishing Group	–	198	OL29778661M
2014	Printers Row Publishing Group	–	320	OL29700398M
2014	Bendon, Inc.	–	186	OL30093394M
2014	Lerner Publishing Group	–	189	OL29698570M
2014	Oxford University Press	–	256	OL28530339M
2014	Oxford University Press	–	217	OL29713586M
2014	Printers Row Publishing Group	–	320	OL28534535M
2013	Penguin Publishing Group	–	384	OL29661557M
2013	Scholastic	–	230	OL29177829M
2013	Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.	–	192	OL28762615M
2013	Barnes & Noble, Incorporated	–	156	OL28600715M
2012	General Books LLC	–	122	OL28438497M
2012	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	286	OL28484826M
2012	Random House	–	305	OL25287667M
2010	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	328	OL28468114M
2010	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	226	OL28469112M
2010	HarperCollins Publishers Limited	–	224	OL28458678M
2008	Sterling	Hardcover	160	OL11637604M
2008	House of Stratus, Incorporated	–	164	OL28737070M
2008	Akasha Publishing, LLC	–	170	OL28752134M
2008	ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited	–	216	OL28484293M
2008	Akasha Publishing, LLC	–	170	OL28753858M
2007	Dodo Press	Paperback	140	OL11676218M
2007	Oxford University Press, USA	Hardcover	320	OL9685345M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	158	OL11879804M
2007	Palazzo Editions	Hardcover	192	OL9501035M
2007	Templar	–	208	OL29574338M
2007	Nick Hern Books	Paperback	96	OL8990584M
2007	Sterling	Hardcover	352	OL11637563M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	142	OL9635461M
2007	Book Jungle	Paperback	192	OL12436450M
2006	Walker Books, Limited	–	191	OL29554672M
2006	Echo Library	Paperback	104	OL11914623M
2006	Book Sales	Hardcover	155	OL13179621M
2005	1st World Library - Literary Society	Hardcover	208	OL11823374M
2005	Digireads.com	Paperback	92	OL8490133M
2005	Candlewick Press	–	151	OL3309241M
2005	IndyPublish.com	Hardcover	144	OL11825841M
2004	Geddes & Grosset	–	142	OL29477131M
2004	Scholastic Paperbacks	–	128	OL7514025M
2003	Chrysalis Books	Paperback	160	OL9901116M
2003	MDS Books/Mediasat	–	159	OL31912046M
2002	ABDO Pub.	–	238	OL3955071M
2000	Dover Publications	–	151	OL48548M
1999	Aerie Books Ltd	–	169	OL24963553M
1998	NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company	Paperback	192	OL8978493M
1998	North Books	Hardcover	155	OL12286501M
1998	Cethial & Bossche Company	Paperback	160	OL12225173M
1997	LRS (Library Reproduction Service)	Library Binding	240	OL12279966M
1997	Pavilion Books	Paperback	160	OL9002446M
1996	Viking	–	210	OL817163M
1995	HarperCollins Publishers	–	400	OL28424597M
1995	Puffin	–	224	OL7354013M
1995	Grosset & Dunlap	–	275	OL1274229M
1995	William Morrow	–	258	OL1701008M
1994	A.A. Knopf	–	216	OL1082274M
1994	Everymans Library	Paperback	240	OL10277242M
1993	Parragon	–	182	OL32721918M
1993	Brimax Books	Hardcover	128	OL8307667M
1992	Tom Doherty Associates	–	173	OL24979494M
1991	Troll Communications	School & Library Binding	240	OL11384749M
1991	Arcade Pub.	–	128	OL1567679M
1990	Aerie	–	169	OL24474324M
1990	Signet Classic, New American Library	–	332	OL26398866M
1989	Choice Publishing, Incorporated	Hardcover	160	OL8448579M
1989	Children's Classics	–	303	OL2032352M
1988	World Book	–	194	OL2410178M
1987	Macdonald	–	186	OL17880614M
1987	Oxford University Press	–	155	OL2722734M
1984	Schocken Books	–	218	OL3184392M
1983	Macmillan Education	–	184	OL31945111M
1980	Grosset & Dunlap	–	184	OL26336582M
1975	Grosset & Dunlap	–	244	OL13535694M
1968	Children's Press	–	217	OL5621957M
1968	Classic Press	–	217	OL5094644M
1967	Fearon Publishers	–	91	OL5547148M
1963	Grosset & Dunlap	–	247	OL5876911M
1953	Macmillan	–	277	OL16033444M
1950	Grosset & Dunlap	–	279	OL17729668M
1946	Doubleday	–	212	OL6503679M
1936	Junior Literary Guild	–	299	OL13540169M
1936	Doubleday, Doran & Co.	–	299	OL6337268M
1936	Junior Literary Guild	–	299	OL17639164M
1935	Doubleday, Doran & company, inc.	–	303	OL13540173M
1933	Macmillan	–	271	OL6309082M
1932	Doubleday, Doran & Co.	–	303	OL6281857M
1929	Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.	–	305	OL26884212M
1927	Doubleday, Page	–	244	OL16447231M
1920	The Century co.	–	303	OL6627513M
1918	Macmillan	–	276	OL6889643M
1914	Pub. by the Century company for Review of reviews co.	–	303	OL26437591M
1914	Published by The Century company for Review of Reviews	–	303	OL17729621M
1913	Century	–	331	OL2302277M
1913	Century	–	331	OL7158008M
1910	Century	–	303	OL7245357M
1906	The Century co.	–	303	OL13540172M
1899	Macmillan	–	276	OL7221179M
1899	The Century co.	–	303	OL6991994M
1894	Macmillan & Co	–	212	OL18156168M
1894	Macmillan and Co.	–	276	OL23138962M
1894	The Century Co.	–	303	OL13569211M
1894	Macmillan	–	212	OL23138431M
1894	Doubleday	–	213	OL23267041M
1894	The Century Co.	–	303	OL25268923M
1894	The Century Co.	–	303	OL17605542M
1893	Amereon Ltd.	–	212	OL26899559M

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Questions

How many pages is The Jungle Book?: About 208 pages: that is the median of 184 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 91 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read The Jungle Book?: About 3 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Jungle Book?: Roughly 57,000 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)).