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How many pages is The Red Pony?

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck has a median of 120 pages across 36 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 96 to 128 pages.

Median pages
120
36 editions counted
Range
58–209
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
33k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Red Pony 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 07 min
At 30 min a day
5 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.

5010015020019401960198020001937: 81 pages1938: 86 pages1938: 209 pages1945: 138 pages1945: 120 pages1945: 142 pages1945: 131 pages1949: 86 pages1959: 120 pages1961: 96 pages1962: 120 pages1963: 120 pages1963: 130 pages1963: 120 pages1963: 128 pages1966: 120 pages1966: 130 pages1975: 85 pages1986: 58 pages1986: 100 pages1988: 120 pages1989: 128 pages1990: 85 pages1992: 100 pages1993: 112 pages1994: 144 pages1994: 95 pages1997: 192 pages2000: 144 pages2000: 100 pages2001: 64 pages2009: 80 pages2011: 124 pages2012: 112 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 112 pagesmedian 120
50100150200195020001937: 81 pages1938: 86 pages1938: 209 pages1945: 138 pages1945: 120 pages1945: 142 pages1945: 131 pages1949: 86 pages1959: 120 pages1961: 96 pages1962: 120 pages1963: 120 pages1963: 130 pages1963: 120 pages1963: 128 pages1966: 120 pages1966: 130 pages1975: 85 pages1986: 58 pages1986: 100 pages1988: 120 pages1989: 128 pages1990: 85 pages1992: 100 pages1993: 112 pages1994: 144 pages1994: 95 pages1997: 192 pages2000: 144 pages2000: 100 pages2001: 64 pages2009: 80 pages2011: 124 pages2012: 112 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 112 pagesmedian 120
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 36 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 109 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Books, Limited–128OL28608632M
2017Penguin Books, Limited–112OL28634651M
2012Penguin Books, Limited–112OL29078262M
2011Penguin Books, Limited–124OL28999134M
2009Penguin Books, Limited–80OL29011991M
2001LongmanPaperback64OL7881296M
2000Pearson Education, Limited–144OL28952380M
2000Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding100OL9542156M

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Questions

How many pages is The Red Pony?
About 120 pages: that is the median of 36 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 58 to 209 pages.
How long does it take to read The Red Pony?
About 2 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Red Pony?
Roughly 33,000 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)).