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How many pages is The Twits?

The Twits by Roald Dahl has a median of 80 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 76 to 96 pages.

Median pages
80
25 editions counted
Range
46–128
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
22k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Twits take you?

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Reading time
1 h 25 min
At 30 min a day
3 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

50100198019902000201020201980: 80 pages1980: 80 pages1980: 80 pages1980: 76 pages1981: 76 pages1982: 96 pages1991: 96 pages1991: 76 pages1996: 112 pages1997: 95 pages1998: 76 pages1998: 108 pages2000: 46 pages2002: 96 pages2003: 72 pages2007: 96 pages2014: 96 pages2015: 96 pages2015: 80 pages2015: 80 pages2016: 112 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 76 pages2021: 48 pagesmedian 80
501001980200020201980: 80 pages1980: 80 pages1980: 80 pages1980: 76 pages1981: 76 pages1982: 96 pages1991: 96 pages1991: 76 pages1996: 112 pages1997: 95 pages1998: 76 pages1998: 108 pages2000: 46 pages2002: 96 pages2003: 72 pages2007: 96 pages2014: 96 pages2015: 96 pages2015: 80 pages2015: 80 pages2016: 112 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 76 pages2021: 48 pagesmedian 80
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 25 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 110 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Penguin Books, Limited–48OL29516779M
2017Penguin Books, Limited–128OL29345116M
2017Bound to Stay Bound Books–76OL53337936M
2016Puffin–112OL28592314M
2015Penguin Books, Limited–96OL28569088M
2015Hern Books, Limited, Nick–80OL34515814M
2015Hern Books, Limited, Nick–80OL29272556M
2014Penguin Books, Limited–96OL28514801M

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Questions

How many pages is The Twits?
About 80 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 46 to 128 pages.
How long does it take to read The Twits?
About 1 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is The Twits?
Roughly 22,000 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)).