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How many pages is These Happy Golden Years?

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder has a median of 302 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 289 to 304 pages.

Median pages
302
22 editions counted
Range
237–389
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
83k
at 275 words per page
Book 8 of Little House on the Prairie
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How long will These Happy Golden Years take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
5 h 48 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2503003504001960198020001943: 299 pages1943: 299 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 304 pages1964: 287 pages1970: 237 pages1971: 306 pages1971: 290 pages1981: 289 pages1994: 290 pages1999: 289 pages2003: 336 pages2004: 304 pages2004: 304 pages2007: 389 pages2007: 389 pages2015: 304 pages2016: 304 pagesmedian 301
2503003504001950197520001943: 299 pages1943: 299 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 304 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 288 pages1953: 304 pages1964: 287 pages1970: 237 pages1971: 306 pages1971: 290 pages1981: 289 pages1994: 290 pages1999: 289 pages2003: 336 pages2004: 304 pages2004: 304 pages2007: 389 pages2007: 389 pages2015: 304 pages2016: 304 pagesmedian 301
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover29625 h 43 min
Paperback32046 h 10 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 54 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–304OL29737822M
2015Egmont Books, Limited–304OL29279111M
2007HarperTrophyPaperback389OL9238239M
2007Scholastic–389OL26332119M
2004HarperTrophy–304OL7279198M
2004Tandem LibraryLibrary Binding304OL11762689M
2003AvonPaperback336OL9232463M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding289OL11313022M

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Questions

How many pages is These Happy Golden Years?
About 302 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 237 to 389 pages.
How long does it take to read These Happy Golden Years?
About 5 h 48 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is These Happy Golden Years?
Roughly 83,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).