Book · by Adam Smith
How many pages is The Wealth of Nations?
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith has a median of 590 pages across 43 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 487 to 736 pages.
How long will The Wealth of Nations take you?
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 | 512 | 3 | 9 h 52 min |
| Paperback | 588 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
Editions counted
The 43 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 123 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Thrifty Books | paperback | 692 | OL38580611M |
| 2007 | Cosimo Classics | Hardcover | 512 | OL12554329M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 648 | OL8964908M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 596 | OL8546676M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 356 | OL8402675M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 356 | OL8402676M |
| 2000 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 510 | OL7789329M |
| 2000 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 529 | OL7789327M |
| 1998 | Regnery Pub. | – | 1,117 | OL698631M |
| 1994 | Modern Library | – | 1,131 | OL1743723M |
| 1990 | Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. | – | 515 | OL1978795M |
| 1985 | Random House | – | 572 | OL2855227M |
| 1981 | Liberty Classics | – | 1,081 | OL4269481M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 683 | OL4761556M |
| 1977 | University Of Chicago Press | Paperback | 1,152 | OL9406202M |
| 1976 | University of Chicago Press | – | 568 | OL4890194M |
| 1976 | Clarendon Press | – | 1,080 | OL4942375M |
| 1965 | The Modern library | – | 976 | OL17728133M |
| 1961 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 310 | OL5799844M |
| 1955 | Encyclopædia Britannica | – | 468 | OL6178249M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 468 | OL13724847M |
| 1952 | Encyclopædia Britannica | – | 468 | OL17806648M |
| 1937 | Collier | – | 564 | OL24210749M |
| 1937 | The Modern library | – | 976 | OL6349609M |
| 1913 | G. Routledge & sons, limited | – | 780 | OL6585680M |
| 1909 | P. F. Collier & sons | – | 590 | OL7013462M |
| 1909 | F.F. Collier and Son | – | 590 | OL17727974M |
| 1909 | P.F. Collier | – | 590 | OL17721357M |
| 1909 | P.F. Collier | – | 590 | OL7109554M |
| 1904 | Methuen | – | 506 | OL13944647M |
| 1904 | Methuen | – | 462 | OL13944646M |
| 1893 | G. Routledge | – | 780 | OL24183890M |
| 1887 | Nelson | – | 447 | OL7139205M |
| 1880 | Clarendon Pr | – | 423 | OL13951862M |
| 1880 | Clarendon Pr | – | 594 | OL13951863M |
| 1878 | R. Worthington | – | 780 | OL6957830M |
| 1872 | A. and C. Black | – | 669 | OL7243701M |
| 1872 | A. and C. Black | – | 669 | OL7150210M |
| 1865 | T. Nelson | – | 429 | OL17637695M |
| 1846 | A. & C. Black, and W. Tait; [etc., etc.] | – | 648 | OL6943671M |
| 1827 | Nelson | – | 404 | OL7167062M |
| 1826 | Printed by J.F. Dove | – | 933 | OL6757204M |
| 1812 | Baynes | – | 514 | OL13948120M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Wealth of Nations?
- About 590 pages: that is the median of 43 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 310 to 1,152 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Wealth of Nations?
- About 11 h 22 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 23 days.
- How many words is The Wealth of Nations?
- Roughly 162,000 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)).