Book · by Michael Pollan · first published 2006
How many pages is The Omnivore's Dilemma?
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan has a median of 450 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 450 to 644 pages.
How long will The Omnivore's Dilemma take you?
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 | 580 | 2 | 11 h 11 min |
| Paperback | 580 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
Editions counted
The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dial Books for Young Readers | – | 298 | OL26087277M |
| 2008 | Large Print Press | Paperback | 709 | OL8875536M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 450 | OL7361725M |
| 2007 | Bloomsbury | – | 450 | OL39472932M |
| 2006 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | 711 | OL23077711M |
| 2006 | Penguin Press | Hardcover | 450 | OL3431041M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Omnivore's Dilemma?
- About 450 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 298 to 711 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Omnivore's Dilemma?
- About 8 h 40 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
- How many words is The Omnivore's Dilemma?
- Roughly 124,000 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)).