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Book · by David Joseph Schwartz · first published 2003

How many pages is The Magic of Thinking Big?

The Magic of Thinking Big by David Joseph Schwartz has a median of 246 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 193 to 353 pages.

Median pages
246
15 editions counted
Range
134–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Magic of Thinking Big 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
4 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

1002003004001960198020001959: 246 pages1959: 228 pages1961: 228 pages1965: 194 pages1979: 192 pages1984: 253 pages1987: 192 pages1993: 192 pages1995: 354 pages2006: 352 pages2015: 309 pages2016: 384 pages2016: 384 pages2017: 134 pages2019: 384 pagesmedian 246
1002003004001960198020001959: 246 pages1959: 228 pages1961: 228 pages1965: 194 pages1979: 192 pages1984: 253 pages1987: 192 pages1993: 192 pages1995: 354 pages2006: 352 pages2015: 309 pages2016: 384 pages2016: 384 pages2017: 134 pages2019: 384 pagesmedian 246
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 38 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Penguin Random House–384OL28714251M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–134OL55894069M
2016Ebury Publishing–384OL33545785M
2016Penguin Random House–384OL28582806M
2015––309OL27193221M
2006Simon & Schuster UKPaperback352OL26211555M
1995Pocket Books–354OL58886976M
1993FiresidePaperback192OL7667400M

Questions

How many pages is The Magic of Thinking Big?
About 246 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 134 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read The Magic of Thinking Big?
About 4 h 44 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Magic of Thinking Big?
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)).