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Book · by Oliver Sacks · first published 2004

How many pages is The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat?

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks has a median of 243 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 238 to 278 pages.

Median pages
243
11 editions counted
Range
233–398
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
67k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 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 41 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.

30040019902000201020201985: 233 pages1985: 233 pages1986: 233 pages1986: 398 pages1986: 243 pages1998: 243 pages1998: 243 pages2006: 243 pages2015: 300 pages2021: 256 pages2023: 312 pagesmedian 243
300400200020201985: 233 pages1985: 233 pages1986: 233 pages1986: 398 pages1986: 243 pages1998: 243 pages1998: 243 pages2006: 243 pages2015: 300 pages2021: 256 pages2023: 312 pagesmedian 243
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 62 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–312OL46626867M
2021Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–256OL34181718M
2015Pan Macmillan–300OL28557660M
2006Simon & SchusterHardcover243OL8457498M
1998Simon & Schuster–243OL345691M
1998Simon & SchusterPaperback243OL26403948M
1986Picador–233OL16355536M
1986J. Curley–398OL2730257M

Questions

How many pages is The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat?
About 243 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 233 to 398 pages.
How long does it take to read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat?
About 4 h 41 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 Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat?
Roughly 67,000 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)).