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Book · by Norman Vincent Peale · first published 1998

How many pages is The Power of Positive Thinking?

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale has a median of 276 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 283 pages.

Median pages
276
31 editions counted
Range
112–444
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Power of Positive Thinking 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
5 h 19 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2004001960198020001952: 276 pages1952: 276 pages1952: 276 pages1952: 226 pages1953: 302 pages1953: 302 pages1953: 276 pages1954: 276 pages1955: 367 pages1956: 276 pages1956: 224 pages1956: 276 pages1957: 297 pages1963: 223 pages1965: 224 pages1972: 276 pages1978: 294 pages1978: 290 pages1982: 223 pages1983: 223 pages1984: 444 pages1984: 444 pages1987: 223 pages1987: 226 pages1987: 221 pages1996: 224 pages2001: 128 pages2002: 112 pages2003: 224 pages2003: 240 pages2007: 240 pagesmedian 276
2004001960198020001952: 276 pages1952: 276 pages1952: 276 pages1952: 226 pages1953: 302 pages1953: 302 pages1953: 276 pages1954: 276 pages1955: 367 pages1956: 276 pages1956: 224 pages1956: 276 pages1957: 297 pages1963: 223 pages1965: 224 pages1972: 276 pages1978: 294 pages1978: 290 pages1982: 223 pages1983: 223 pages1984: 444 pages1984: 444 pages1987: 223 pages1987: 226 pages1987: 221 pages1996: 224 pages2001: 128 pages2002: 112 pages2003: 224 pages2003: 240 pages2007: 240 pagesmedian 276
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 91 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007FiresideHardcover240OL8457606M
2003Fireside/Simon & Schuster–224OL3566289M
2003Simon & Schuster, Limited–240OL34409921M
2002Ideals PublicationsPaperback112OL8162290M
2001Running Press–128OL22557794M
1996Fawcett Columbine–224OL1024942M
1987Fawcett Crest–223OL26331413M
1987Pearson Education, Limited–226OL28945021M

Questions

How many pages is The Power of Positive Thinking?
About 276 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 112 to 444 pages.
How long does it take to read The Power of Positive Thinking?
About 5 h 19 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Power of Positive Thinking?
Roughly 76,000 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)).