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How many pages is The Moon is Down?

The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck has a median of 142 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 118 to 188 pages.

Median pages
142
25 editions counted
Range
101–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
39k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Moon is Down 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 time
2 h 30 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001502001960198020001942: 198 pages1942: 120 pages1942: 101 pages1942: 101 pages1942: 188 pages1942: 130 pages1942: 188 pages1942: 196 pages1942: 118 pages1943: 208 pages1943: 188 pages1943: 188 pages1964: 115 pages1969: 122 pages1970: 188 pages1971: 120 pages1976: 142 pages1979: 115 pages1982: 188 pages1994: 131 pages1995: 112 pages2000: 146 pages2000: 160 pages2009: 101 pages2014: 144 pagesmedian 142
1001502001950197520001942: 198 pages1942: 120 pages1942: 101 pages1942: 101 pages1942: 188 pages1942: 130 pages1942: 188 pages1942: 196 pages1942: 118 pages1943: 208 pages1943: 188 pages1943: 188 pages1964: 115 pages1969: 122 pages1970: 188 pages1971: 120 pages1976: 142 pages1979: 115 pages1982: 188 pages1994: 131 pages1995: 112 pages2000: 146 pages2000: 160 pages2009: 101 pages2014: 144 pagesmedian 142
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 87 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Penguin Books, Limited–144OL28531861M
2009Penguin Books–101OL27206498M
2000G. K. Hall & CompanyHardcover146OL9309407M
2000LongmanHardcover160OL7881436M
1995Penguin Books–112OL782833M
1994Mammoth–131OL22838796M
1982Penguin Books–188OL3783129M
1979Bantam Books–115OL21498323M

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Questions

How many pages is The Moon is Down?
About 142 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 101 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read The Moon is Down?
About 2 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Moon is Down?
Roughly 39,000 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)).