Book · by Martin Luther King Jr. · first published 1964
How many pages is Why We Can't Wait?
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. has a median of 160 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 159 to 178 pages.
How long will Why We Can't Wait take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 208 | OL29365005M |
| 2011 | Beacon Press | – | 193 | OL26043703M |
| 2000 | New American Library | – | 166 | OL3550200M |
| 2000 | Tandem Library | – | 240 | OL7588599M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL17767393M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 178 | OL21177130M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL28666843M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 178 | OL17758405M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL20225123M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL17637854M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 178 | OL23249858M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 178 | OL5916628M |
| 1964 | Signet | paperback | 160 | OL7589500M |
| 1964 | Signet books | – | 159 | OL436739M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL13947640M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 178 | OL21876858M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL24372817M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL17730553M |
| 1964 | Signet Key Books | – | 159 | OL22220344M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 159 | OL13635489M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Why We Can't Wait?
- About 160 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 159 to 240 pages.
- How long does it take to read Why We Can't Wait?
- About 3 h 04 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Why We Can't Wait?
- 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)).