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How many pages is Wrecking Ball?

Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney has a median of 224 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 218 to 224 pages.

Median pages
224
7 editions counted
Range
217–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Wrecking Ball 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 57 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.

2202302402018202020222019: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 217 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 217 pages2020: 219 pages2021: 240 pagesmedian 224
2202302402018202020222019: 224 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 217 pages2019: 224 pages2019: 217 pages2020: 219 pages2021: 240 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 50 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Penguin Books, Limited–240OL29521515M
2020Puffun Bookshardcover219OL28211785M
2019Penguin Random House–224OL28732159M
2019Penguin Random House–224OL28732155M
2019Puffin BooksHardcover217OL32316917M
2019Penguinhardcover224OL32315689M
2019Bound to Stay Bound Books–217OL53351260M

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Questions

How many pages is Wrecking Ball?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 217 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Wrecking Ball?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Wrecking Ball?
Roughly 62,000 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)).