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How many pages is The Tales of Beedle the Bard?

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling has a median of 128 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 119 to 152 pages.

Median pages
128
7 editions counted
Range
105–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Tales of Beedle the Bard 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 15 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.

1001201401602008201020122014201620182008: 111 pages2008: 105 pages2008: 127 pages2017: 144 pages2017: 128 pages2018: 160 pages2018: 160 pagesmedian 128
100120140160201020152008: 111 pages2008: 105 pages2008: 127 pages2017: 144 pages2017: 128 pages2018: 160 pages2018: 160 pagesmedian 128
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 44 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Arthur A. Levine Books–160OL26974565M
2018Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–160OL28647418M
2017Bloomsbury, Lumos–144OL28614594M
2017Arthur A. Levine BooksHardcover128OL26769095M
2008Bloomsbury Publishing–111OL51742597M
2008Children's High Level GroupHardcover105OL23176734M
2008Children's high level Group–127OL27021873M

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Questions

How many pages is The Tales of Beedle the Bard?
About 128 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 105 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard?
About 2 h 15 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 Tales of Beedle the Bard?
Roughly 35,000 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)).