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How many pages is The Lost Continent?

The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson has a median of 341 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 304 to 351 pages.

Median pages
341
11 editions counted
Range
256–498
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
94k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Lost Continent take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3004005001990200020101989: 262 pages1989: 314 pages1990: 293 pages1994: 256 pages1994: 498 pages1999: 352 pages1999: 350 pages1999: 349 pages2001: 320 pages2002: 341 pages2016: 384 pagesmedian 341
3004005001990200020101989: 262 pages1989: 314 pages1990: 293 pages1994: 256 pages1994: 498 pages1999: 352 pages1999: 350 pages1999: 349 pages2001: 320 pages2002: 341 pages2016: 384 pagesmedian 341
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Transworld Publishers Limited–384OL28594142M
2002Anchor Canada–341OL19816465M
2001Perennial–320OL7284433M
1999Doubleday Canadapaperback352OL40223391M
1999BCA–350OL19911391M
1999Black SwanPaperback349OL7816259M
1994AbacusPaperback256OL10686710M
1994SECKER & WARBURG (RA–498OL7509208M

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Questions

How many pages is The Lost Continent?
About 341 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 256 to 498 pages.
How long does it take to read The Lost Continent?
About 6 h 34 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Lost Continent?
Roughly 94,000 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)).