Book · by Douglas Adams · first published 1996
How many pages is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams has a median of 815 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 815 pages.
How long will it take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 10 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Harmony Books | Hardcover | 815 | OL26857172M |
| 2005 | Gramercy Books | Hardcover | 815 | OL3420524M |
| 2002 | Del Rey: Ballantine Books | Paperback | 832 | OL9552785M |
| 1997 | Portland House | Leather-bound | 815 | OL7677549M |
| 1996 | Del Rey | – | 815 | OL17044900M |
| 1996 | Wings Books | Hardcover | 815 | OL801036M |
More by Douglas Adams
- 215 pagesThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 216 pagesLife, the Universe and Everything
- 225 pagesThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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- 196 pagesSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
- 282 pagesThe Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
All 9 books by Douglas Adams with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
- About 815 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 815 to 832 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
- About 14 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 29 days.
- How many words is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
- Roughly 224,000 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)).