Book · by Norton Juster · first published 1961
How many pages is The Phantom Tollbooth?
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster has a median of 256 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 255 to 260 pages.
How long will The Phantom Tollbooth 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 | 253 | 2 | 4 h 28 min |
| Paperback | 256 | 6 | 4 h 31 min |
Editions counted
The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 65 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Alfred A. Knopf | – | 284 | OL25170142M |
| 2008 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 272 | OL28452635M |
| 2001 | SeaStar | Paperback | 250 | OL8823051M |
| 2001 | SeaStar | Hardcover | 250 | OL9392599M |
| 2000 | Bullseye Books | Paperback | 272 | OL7428343M |
| 1999 | Collins | Paperback | 256 | OL9215160M |
| 1996 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 256 | OL24800622M |
| 1995 | Collins | – | 255 | OL16488130M |
| 1992 | Lions | Paperback | 255 | OL28419773M |
| 1989 | G.K. Hall | – | 304 | OL2184010M |
| 1989 | Bullseye Books/Alfred A. Knopf | Paperback | 256 | OL21383739M |
| 1989 | Chivers | – | 304 | OL20501161M |
| 1987 | Collins | – | 256 | OL16203443M |
| 1970 | Scholastic | Paperback | 256 | OL17148283M |
| 1970 | Random House Books for Young Readers | – | 255 | OL7465030M |
| 1964 | Windward Books | – | 255 | OL27911256M |
| 1962 | Collins | – | 256 | OL20362881M |
| 1961 | Epstein& Carroll | – | 255 | OL18913216M |
| 1961 | Random House | – | 255 | OL18663342M |
| 1961 | Epstein & Carroll; distributed by Random House | – | 255 | OL5825799M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Phantom Tollbooth?
- About 256 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 250 to 304 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Phantom Tollbooth?
- About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is The Phantom Tollbooth?
- Roughly 70,000 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)).