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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by the numbers

Jeff Kinney · first published 2007 · dataset 2026-10-24

Who it is not for: readers below 3rd grade: no school list in our data assigns it earlier. At 217 pages it is also longer than the median book listed for grades 3-5 (160), so it is not a quick read.

Length and reading time

At 217 pages, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is longer than 58.3% of the 2,330 books on the reading lists we track whose page count we know (2,809 books are tracked in all). It is longer than the median book listed for grades 3-5 (160 pages).

Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.

Where Diary of a Wimpy Kid is on school reading lists

86 appearances (0.4% of all 20,804 listings in the dataset), drawn from 15 published lists, in grades 3rd–7th. 86 of the 86 carry a link to the published source document.

States (16): Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Sources

• Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) — Kentucky's statewide children's-choice reading program: students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record. · checked 2026-07-07
• Maine Student Book Award — Maine's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record. · checked 2026-07-07
• Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) — Young Reader's Choice Award (est. 1940, the oldest children's-choice book award in the US): students in WA, OR, ID, MT & AK read the annual nominees and vote. Winner list 1940-2025. · checked 2026-07-07
• Vermont Dept. of Libraries — Golden Dome Book Award (formerly the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, est. 1957): Vermont's statewide grades 4-8 children's-choice program (students read the nominees and vote). Winner list 1957-2020. · checked 2026-07-07
• Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2010 Winner · checked 2026-06-23
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award — official winners list (West Virginia grades 3-6, voted annually since 1981; hosted by the West Virginia Center for the Book at the West Virginia Library Commission) · checked 2026-06-20

Questions

How many pages is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney is 217 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 60,000 words. See how long assigned books are, grade by grade.

How long does it take to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

About 3 h 59 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (3 h 19 min at 300 wpm, 4 h 58 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 12 days. Compare a book of about the same length: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Is Diary of a Wimpy Kid on school reading lists?

Yes. It appears 86 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 16 states plus 5 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 3-5. That ranks it #9 of 2,809 listed books. See the most assigned books, ranked.

When was Diary of a Wimpy Kid first published?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid was first published in 2007, 19 years ago. See how old assigned books are, decade by decade.

Related

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
• Books of about the same lengthThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (216 pp.) · Heroes (219 pp.) · Flipped (221 pp.) · Double Fudge (213 pp.)
• The most assigned books, rankedAll 2,809 listed books start here.
• Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.

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