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How many pages is Tom Sawyer, Detective?

Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain has a median of 90 pages across 36 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 82 to 99 pages.

Median pages
90
36 editions counted
Range
44–157
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
25k
at 275 words per page

How long will Tom Sawyer, Detective 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
1 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5010015019601980200020201959: 113 pages1965: 157 pages1965: 157 pages1982: 96 pages1993: 96 pages1998: 120 pages2002: 71 pages2004: 81 pages2004: 112 pages2006: 124 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 58 pages2006: 124 pages2006: 128 pages2006: 70 pages2013: 92 pages2016: 52 pages2019: 44 pages2019: 58 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 62 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 53 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 83 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 87 pagesmedian 89
50100150197520001959: 113 pages1965: 157 pages1965: 157 pages1982: 96 pages1993: 96 pages1998: 120 pages2002: 71 pages2004: 81 pages2004: 112 pages2006: 124 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 58 pages2006: 124 pages2006: 128 pages2006: 70 pages2013: 92 pages2016: 52 pages2019: 44 pages2019: 58 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 62 pages2020: 92 pages2020: 53 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 83 pages2021: 92 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 85 pages2021: 87 pagesmedian 89
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
Hardcover11622 h 03 min
Paperback11271 h 58 min

Editions counted

The 36 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 276 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–85OL34354146M
2021Independently Published–85OL34197604M
2021Independently Published–92OL34222750M
2021Independently Published–85OL34351599M
2021Independently Published–85OL34329984M
2021Independently Published–92OL34260935M
2021Independently Published–85OL34259577M
2021Independently Published–83OL34299952M

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Questions

How many pages is Tom Sawyer, Detective?
About 90 pages: that is the median of 36 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 44 to 157 pages.
How long does it take to read Tom Sawyer, Detective?
About 1 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is Tom Sawyer, Detective?
Roughly 25,000 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)).