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How many pages is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum has a median of 159 pages across 361 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 120 to 192 pages.

Median pages
159
361 editions counted
Range
74–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
44k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
2 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

100200300190019251950197520001899: 208 pages1900: 259 pages1900: 259 pages1903: 259 pages1903: 208 pages1920: 208 pages1944: 209 pages1944: 209 pages1955: 200 pages1956: 206 pages1956: 236 pages1956: 204 pages1958: 118 pages1958: 156 pages1958: 120 pages1960: 268 pages1960: 267 pages1962: 244 pages1963: 185 pages1965: 147 pages1965: 162 pages1968: 191 pages1969: 192 pages1970: 210 pages1970: 210 pages1971: 236 pages1973: 160 pages1976: 147 pages1978: 153 pages1978: 240 pages1978: 160 pages1979: 210 pages1979: 186 pages1979: 159 pages1980: 219 pages1981: 193 pages1981: 139 pages1982: 174 pages1982: 219 pages1983: 306 pages1983: 166 pages1983: 176 pages1983: 254 pages1984: 240 pages1985: 160 pages1985: 268 pages1985: 155 pages1985: 191 pages1986: 268 pages1986: 320 pages1986: 320 pages1986: 174 pages1986: 219 pages1987: 188 pages1987: 187 pages1987: 267 pages1987: 267 pages1989: 157 pages1989: 157 pages1989: 235 pages1991: 96 pages1991: 188 pages1992: 208 pages1992: 154 pages1992: 208 pages1993: 159 pages1993: 171 pages1993: 171 pages1993: 192 pages1993: 143 pages1994: 206 pages1994: 263 pages1994: 189 pages1994: 151 pages1994: 190 pages1994: 151 pages1995: 208 pages1995: 92 pages1995: 208 pages1996: 140 pages1996: 122 pages1996: 103 pages1997: 96 pages1997: 256 pages1997: 274 pages1997: 204 pages1998: 144 pages1998: 166 pages1999: 187 pages1999: 224 pages1999: 199 pages2000: 267 pages2000: 314 pages2000: 220 pages2001: 130 pages2001: 212 pages2001: 156 pages2001: 160 pages2002: 198 pages2002: 235 pages2002: 160 pages2002: 160 pages2002: 208 pages2003: 136 pages2003: 192 pages2003: 208 pages2004: 182 pages2004: 203 pages2004: 159 pages2005: 176 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 208 pages2005: 246 pages2006: 219 pages2006: 154 pages2007: 158 pages2008: 192 pages2008: 224 pages2008: 274 pages2008: 160 pages2008: 296 pages2009: 134 pages2010: 124 pages2010: 160 pages2010: 124 pages2010: 208 pages2011: 90 pages2011: 246 pages2012: 210 pages2012: 223 pages2012: 190 pages2012: 210 pages2012: 212 pages2012: 144 pages2013: 112 pages2013: 222 pages2013: 84 pages2013: 282 pages2013: 223 pages2013: 208 pages2013: 218 pages2013: 84 pages2013: 115 pages2013: 104 pages2014: 138 pages2014: 248 pages2014: 112 pages2014: 138 pages2014: 312 pages2014: 206 pages2014: 84 pages2014: 138 pages2014: 114 pages2014: 133 pages2014: 162 pages2014: 140 pages2014: 138 pages2015: 306 pages2015: 192 pages2015: 232 pages2015: 224 pages2015: 114 pages2015: 104 pages2015: 204 pages2015: 98 pages2015: 118 pages2016: 138 pages2016: 100 pages2016: 192 pages2016: 168 pages2016: 190 pages2016: 120 pages2016: 120 pages2016: 168 pages2016: 168 pages2016: 108 pages2016: 112 pages2016: 172 pages2016: 98 pages2016: 138 pages2016: 180 pages2016: 168 pages2016: 96 pages2016: 104 pages2016: 172 pages2016: 228 pages2016: 168 pages2016: 168 pages2017: 170 pages2017: 120 pages2017: 84 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 190 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 144 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 112 pages2017: 186 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 188 pages2017: 198 pages2017: 122 pages2017: 144 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 160 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 184 pages2017: 152 pages2017: 170 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 124 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 164 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 176 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 132 pages2017: 116 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 116 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 154 pages2017: 186 pages2017: 120 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 164 pages2017: 104 pages2017: 116 pages2017: 112 pages2017: 186 pages2017: 90 pages2017: 192 pages2017: 186 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 108 pages2017: 188 pages2017: 146 pages2017: 92 pages2017: 120 pages2017: 74 pages2017: 96 pages2017: 122 pages2017: 116 pages2017: 138 pages2017: 118 pages2017: 106 pages2017: 182 pages2017: 108 pages2018: 232 pages2018: 120 pages2018: 108 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 108 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 116 pages2018: 94 pages2018: 154 pages2018: 133 pages2018: 104 pages2018: 182 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 122 pages2018: 114 pages2018: 120 pages2018: 98 pages2018: 240 pages2018: 312 pages2018: 110 pages2018: 92 pages2018: 88 pages2018: 176 pages2018: 110 pages2018: 108 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 76 pages2018: 84 pages2019: 170 pages2019: 192 pages2020: 292 pages2020: 159 pages2020: 96 pages2020: 159 pages2020: 120 pages2020: 85 pages2020: 111 pages2020: 111 pages2020: 159 pages2020: 159 pages2020: 159 pagesmedian 159
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Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 61 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover160142 h 49 min
Paperback210113 h 42 min

Editions counted

The 361 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 48 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 2,049 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–292OL30006321M
2020Independently Published–159OL30333365M
2020West Margin Press–96OL34110750M
2020Independently Published–159OL30318703M
2020Independently Published–120OL30005495M
2020Independently Published–85OL30030444M
2020Independently Published–111OL30074493M
2020Independently Published–111OL30251695M

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Questions

How many pages is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
About 159 pages: that is the median of 361 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 74 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
About 2 h 48 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
Roughly 44,000 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)).