Book · by H. G. Wells
How many pages is The War of the Worlds?
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells has a median of 221 pages across 156 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 188 to 243 pages.
Median pages
221
156 editions counted
Range
110–462
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
61k
at 275 words per page
How long will The War of the Worlds take you?
Reading time
3 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 235 | 8 | 4 h 09 min |
| Paperback | 208 | 21 | 3 h 40 min |
| Mass market | 248 | 6 | 4 h 22 min |
Editions counted
The 156 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 29 more editions were 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 457 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Independently published | Paperback | 120 | OL59049493M |
| 2024 | Micheal Smith | Paperback | 254 | OL59048868M |
| 2023 | East India Publishing Company | Hardcover | 185 | OL59048947M |
| 2023 | Independently published | Paperback | 308 | OL59049827M |
| 2022 | Independently published | Hardcover | 230 | OL59048045M |
| 2022 | Independently published | Paperback | 183 | OL59049253M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 265 | OL34282011M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34339094M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 214 | OL34234903M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34293001M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34280997M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 229 | OL34258680M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34297406M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL34325630M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34305496M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 209 | OL34289050M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL34290515M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL34155138M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 228 | OL34204411M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34355208M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 149 | OL34264975M |
| 2021 | New York Review of Books | – | 256 | OL34159179M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34305531M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34203881M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34213244M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34237204M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 265 | OL34361546M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL34291305M |
| 2021 | Oxford University Press | – | 272 | OL33961966M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 178 | OL34207925M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 142 | OL34341991M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL34203784M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL29936813M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30333549M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30349927M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 232 | OL30337350M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30224324M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30079337M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30321545M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30229761M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 122 | OL29978588M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30325762M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30065169M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL29910993M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30328163M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30349184M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 229 | OL34196282M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL29908681M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 135 | OL30204476M |
| 2020 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 240 | OL30162813M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30220136M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 162 | OL34172709M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30326442M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30328371M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30330808M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 119 | OL29946503M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30222374M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30035022M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL34336424M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL29897315M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 117 | OL30261074M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30326773M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL30336838M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 230 | OL34289306M |
| 2019 | Solis Press | Paperback | 172 | OL59049676M |
| 2019 | Independently published | Paperback | 209 | OL59048098M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 458 | OL34115530M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 229 | OL29849466M |
| 2019 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 192 | OL29427174M |
| 2019 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29428782M |
| 2019 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29428789M |
| 2019 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 240 | OL28711555M |
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL28713941M |
| 2018 | Penguin | Paperback | 208 | OL28704835M |
| 2017 | Wild Wolf Publishing | hardcover | 462 | OL32597110M |
| 2017 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 206 | OL29751174M |
| 2017 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 206 | OL29751341M |
| 2017 | Plutón | Paperback | 318 | OL26500826M |
| 2017 | Oxford University Press | – | 280 | OL28629374M |
| 2017 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 206 | OL29751148M |
| 2017 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 206 | OL29780575M |
| 2016 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 256 | OL29311424M |
| 2016 | Hodder Education Group | – | 112 | OL28598549M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 184 | OL34043535M |
| 2015 | Penguin | paperback | 210 | OL30700255M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 192 | OL34054228M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions | – | 200 | OL31018611M |
| 2014 | Sterling Children's Books | – | 183 | OL31164104M |
| 2012 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 224 | OL29127698M |
| 2012 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 200 | OL29225850M |
| 2008 | Waldman Publishing Corp | Paperback | 240 | OL59047873M |
| 2007 | Signet Classics | – | 208 | OL23208512M |
| 2007 | Townsend Press | – | 216 | OL24000411M |
| 2007 | Sterling | Hardcover | 160 | OL9611494M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 194 | OL11878474M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | paperback | 192 | OL28343252M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434712M |
| 2006 | Kaplan Publishing | Mass Market Paperback | 432 | OL8483894M |
| 2006 | Cucoco Ltd | Paperback | 140 | OL8776351M |
| 2006 | Ann Arbor Media Group | – | 170 | OL27095086M |
| 2006 | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL8457040M | |
| 2006 | Franklin Watts | Library binding | 182 | OL7782013M |
| 2005 | [Boston Globe] | – | 158 | OL26344121M |
| 2005 | BenBella Books | – | 292 | OL3392127M |
| 2005 | New York Review Books | – | 251 | OL3393466M |
| 2005 | Lulu.com | Paperback | 330 | OL11690411M |
| 2005 | Scholastic | – | 285 | OL24223358M |
| 2005 | HarperFestival | Paperback | 240 | OL9236546M |
| 2005 | Penguin Classics | – | 240 | OL7359937M |
| 2005 | Aladdin | Paperback | 336 | OL8457803M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 272 | OL8870170M |
| 2003 | Scholastic, Inc. | – | 304 | OL7513512M |
| 2003 | Planet Three | – | 142 | OL22042701M |
| 2003 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 200 | OL8551403M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 224 | OL7427545M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 259 | OL3946486M |
| 2001 | North Books | – | 288 | OL23009429M |
| 2001 | McFarland | – | 321 | OL6796608M |
| 2001 | HarperCollins | – | 228 | OL3943352M |
| 2000 | McFarland & Company | Library Binding | 321 | OL8138387M |
| 2000 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Mass Market Paperback | 200 | OL12311632M |
| 1998 | LRS (Library Reproduction Service) | Library Binding | 280 | OL12279977M |
| 1997 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 145 | OL59049555M |
| 1997 | Dover Publications | – | 145 | OL1004006M |
| 1996 | Playmore Inc. Publishers | Hardcover | 240 | OL8327967M |
| 1995 | G.K. Hall | – | 262 | OL1117502M |
| 1995 | Oxford University Press | – | 188 | OL1102336M |
| 1993 | Aerie | Mass Market Paperback | 224 | OL9880840M |
| 1993 | Dent | – | 188 | OL20812220M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 110 | OL10137436M |
| 1993 | Indiana University Press | – | 319 | OL1564991M |
| 1988 | Random House Publishing Group | – | 194 | OL34096073M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 164 | OL15358134M |
| 1988 | Bantam Classics | Paperback | 194 | OL7820465M |
| 1988 | Tor Books | Mass Market Paperback | 224 | OL9507638M |
| 1986 | New American Library | – | 224 | OL7577028M |
| 1983 | Buccaneer Books | – | 189 | OL22934376M |
| 1978 | Golden Press | Paperback | 216 | OL10352018M |
| 1978 | American Reprint Co. | – | 149 | OL18331267M |
| 1976 | Lythway Press | – | 302 | OL22345697M |
| 1975 | Pan Books | – | 192 | OL22611179M |
| 1973 | Heinemann | – | 142 | OL19014408M |
| 1968 | Heinemann | – | 142 | OL22402688M |
| 1968 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 319 | OL5768697M |
| 1964 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 168 | OL22356175M |
| 1964 | Limited Editions Club | – | 188 | OL5906034M |
| 1964 | Heritage Press | – | 188 | OL5906325M |
| 1960 | [Epstein and Carroll Associates]; distributed by Random Hous | – | 251 | OL5799933M |
| 1956 | Penguin Books | – | 191 | OL19844060M |
| 1951 | W. Heinemann | – | 225 | OL22293467M |
| 1927 | E. Benn | – | 212 | OL19084146M |
| 1922 | Harper & brothers | – | 290 | OL33225306M |
| 1898 | Harper & Brothers | – | 290 | OL7003374M |
| 1898 | Harper & brothers | – | 290 | OL16774671M |
| 1898 | William Heinemann | – | 303 | OL6475751M |
| – | Today | – | 252 | OL22077837M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The War of the Worlds?
- About 221 pages: that is the median of 156 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 110 to 462 pages.
- How long does it take to read The War of the Worlds?
- About 3 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is The War of the Worlds?
- Roughly 61,000 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)).