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How many pages is The Reptile Room?

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket has a median of 192 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 190 to 208 pages.

Median pages
192
16 editions counted
Range
119–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Reptile Room take you?

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Reading time
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

10015020025020002005201020151999: 190 pages1999: 224 pages1999: 208 pages1999: 190 pages1999: 191 pages1999: 201 pages2000: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 119 pages2002: 184 pages2004: 208 pages2007: 192 pages2017: 208 pages2017: 208 pagesmedian 191
100150200250200020101999: 190 pages1999: 224 pages1999: 208 pages1999: 190 pages1999: 191 pages1999: 201 pages2000: 190 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 272 pages2001: 190 pages2001: 119 pages2002: 184 pages2004: 208 pages2007: 192 pages2017: 208 pages2017: 208 pagesmedian 191
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover19643 h 27 min
Paperback18723 h 18 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 58 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017HarperCollins Publishers–208OL30593673M
2017HarperCollins Publishers–208OL28643468M
2007HarperTrophy–192OL7288774M
2004HarperKidsEntertainmentHardcover208OL9235882M
2002GalaxyPaperback184OL9378822M
2001Ted Smart–190OL18646716M
2001Egmont Books–272OL22147506M
2001Egmont Books LtdHardcover190OL7969324M

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Questions

How many pages is The Reptile Room?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 119 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read The Reptile Room?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is The Reptile Room?
Roughly 53,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).