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How many pages is The Witches?

The Witches by Roald Dahl has a median of 208 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 208 pages.

Median pages
208
18 editions counted
Range
192–336
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Witches 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
3 h 40 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.

20025030019902000201020201983: 206 pages1983: 201 pages1983: 208 pages1985: 206 pages1985: 208 pages1985: 206 pages1995: 192 pages1998: 206 pages2002: 208 pages2007: 208 pages2012: 224 pages2015: 208 pages2016: 208 pages2017: 192 pages2019: 206 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 208
200250300200020201983: 206 pages1983: 201 pages1983: 208 pages1985: 206 pages1985: 208 pages1985: 206 pages1995: 192 pages1998: 206 pages2002: 208 pages2007: 208 pages2012: 224 pages2015: 208 pages2016: 208 pages2017: 192 pages2019: 206 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 208
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 121 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Scholastic, Incorporated–304OL34085245M
2019Bound to Stay Bound Books–206OL53335013M
2017Penguin Books, Limited–192OL28641073M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–208OL28610750M
2015Puffin Bookspaperback208OL28130469M
2012Puffinpaperback224OL32253097M
2007PuffinPaperback208OL9591263M
2002GalaxyPaperback208OL7989100M

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Questions

How many pages is The Witches?
About 208 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 336 pages.
How long does it take to read The Witches?
About 3 h 40 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 Witches?
Roughly 57,000 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)).