Book · by Arthur Conan Doyle · first published 2005
How many pages is The Lost World?
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle has a median of 246 pages across 110 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 272 pages.
Median pages
246
110 editions counted
Range
120–447
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Lost World take you?
Reading time
4 h 20 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.
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 | 284 | 9 | 5 h |
| Paperback | 206 | 10 | 3 h 38 min |
| Mass market | 268 | 2 | 4 h 43 min |
Editions counted
The 110 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 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 747 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 206 | OL34214999M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34327127M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 263 | OL34311665M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34201332M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34217402M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34244870M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 121 | OL34165234M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 206 | OL34283975M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34221092M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34331062M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 261 | OL34252883M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34281318M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 204 | OL34197214M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34303282M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 260 | OL34237116M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30330718M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30078530M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 251 | OL34295561M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30322713M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30337217M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 296 | OL30051495M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 257 | OL30078607M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 203 | OL30320814M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30078103M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34255865M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 447 | OL29921345M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 188 | OL34182646M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 203 | OL30031714M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 203 | OL30052901M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30317760M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL30336475M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL29847985M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 238 | OL29778089M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 238 | OL29777960M |
| 2018 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 238 | OL29778012M |
| 2017 | Alma Classics | – | 320 | OL29356550M |
| 2017 | Amazon Publishing | – | 238 | OL29791749M |
| 2017 | – | – | 276 | OL26954449M |
| 2016 | Calla Editons | – | 240 | OL26847005M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 176 | OL34027612M |
| 2015 | Shepperd Publications | – | 194 | OL43248189M |
| 2012 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 224 | OL29225845M |
| 2011 | Vintage Books | – | 244 | OL25324974M |
| 2009 | Oxford University Press | – | 206 | OL28285111M |
| 2009 | House of Stratus, Incorporated | – | 238 | OL28827512M |
| 2009 | Phoenix Pick | – | 160 | OL24410639M |
| 2008 | ISIS | – | 285 | OL32122344M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 199 | OL23165915M |
| 2007 | Cosimo Classics | Paperback | 180 | OL12554310M |
| 2007 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | Paperback | 272 | OL10099035M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 208 | OL11678184M |
| 2007 | Neeland Media LLC | Paperback | 120 | OL9842277M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books | – | 272 | OL28455241M |
| 2007 | Headline Review | – | 275 | OL23156053M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Hardcover | 416 | OL8965240M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 346 | OL10507920M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 200 | OL12557708M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 204 | OL11879034M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 226 | OL11879047M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 166 | OL11685214M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 219 | OL9093584M |
| 2005 | Dalmatian Press | Hardcover | 224 | OL8398689M |
| 2005 | Echo Library | Paperback | 416 | OL8962798M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Hardcover | 284 | OL8491436M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 215 | OL31641524M |
| 2004 | Thorndike Press | – | 373 | OL3691831M |
| 2004 | Modern Library | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL8021006M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | – | 227 | OL3561210M |
| 2002 | Penguin Books | – | 216 | OL3702510M |
| 2001 | House of Stratus | – | 226 | OL22815335M |
| 1999 | North Books | Hardcover | 220 | OL9575584M |
| 1998 | LRS (Library Reproduction Service) | Library Binding | 340 | OL9566605M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 199 | OL686027M |
| 1998 | Dover Publications | – | 172 | OL351575M |
| 1997 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 248 | OL9327158M |
| 1996 | Wessex Press | Hardcover | 288 | OL8416950M |
| 1996 | Trans-Atlantic Publications | Paperback | 243 | OL10762297M |
| 1995 | Oxford University Press | – | 189 | OL1102580M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books | – | 290 | OL43316445M |
| 1994 | Puffin | – | 280 | OL22814938M |
| 1990 | Academy Chicago Publishers | – | 214 | OL2046994M |
| 1989 | Purnell | – | 236 | OL22775318M |
| 1986 | Hamlyn | – | 191 | OL22241392M |
| 1983 | Alan Sutton | – | 199 | OL22824444M |
| 1982 | Puffin | – | 263 | OL22457433M |
| 1982 | Chivers | – | 316 | OL22361783M |
| 1981 | Puffin | – | 263 | OL14950585M |
| 1980 | Longman | – | 254 | OL2499964M |
| 1980 | Longman | – | 254 | OL22788294M |
| 1980 | Buccaneer Books | – | 198 | OL47068098M |
| 1979 | J. Murray | – | 241 | OL17446767M |
| 1977 | Pan Books | – | 214 | OL21274381M |
| 1977 | Folio Society | – | 195 | OL21672418M |
| 1977 | Folio Society | – | 195 | OL4284560M |
| 1976 | Amereon Ltd | Hardcover | 192 | OL9318003M |
| 1974 | Izd-vo "Prosveshchenie" leningradskoe otd-nie | – | 186 | OL21277242M |
| 1966 | J. Murray | – | 240 | OL21581764M |
| 1966 | John Murray | – | 240 | OL16822726M |
| 1965 | Berkley Publishing Corporation | – | 176 | OL20141646M |
| 1964 | John Murray | – | 226 | OL47306378M |
| 1959 | Looking Glass Library; distributed by Random House | – | 319 | OL5775210M |
| 1959 | Looking Glass Library; distributed by Random House | – | 319 | OL13585563M |
| 1950 | Eyre & Spottiswoode | – | 290 | OL14183729M |
| 1930 | John Murray | – | 319 | OL14462507M |
| 1912 | Musson Book Co. | – | 309 | OL22127567M |
| 1912 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 319 | OL18136973M |
| 1912 | A.L. Burt company | – | 309 | OL24155174M |
| 1912 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 319 | OL22885694M |
| 1912 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 319 | OL43177171M |
| 1912 | Hodder & Stoughton, George H. Doran company | – | 309 | OL6549381M |
More by Arthur Conan Doyle
- 312 pagesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
- 1,122 pagesThe Complete Sherlock Holmes
- 162 pagesA Study in Scarlet
- 209 pagesThe Hound of the Baskervilles
- 259 pagesMemoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- 169 pagesThe Sign of Four
All 11 books by Arthur Conan Doyle with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Lost World?
- About 246 pages: that is the median of 110 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 120 to 447 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Lost World?
- About 4 h 20 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 Lost World?
- Roughly 68,000 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)).