Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by the numbers
Marjane Satrapi · first published 2000 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 160 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 44,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 2 h 27 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 2 h 56 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 3 h 40 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 9 |
At 160 pages, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is longer than 36.2% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades 9-12 (274 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 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is on school reading lists
2 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 11th–12th. 2 of the 2 carry a link to the published source document.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 11th | 1 |
| 12th | 1 |
Sources
- AP Lit representative text · checked 2026-06-16
Questions
How many pages is Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood?
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is 160 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 44,000 words.
How long does it take to read Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood?
About 2 h 56 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (2 h 27 min at 300 wpm, 3 h 40 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 9 days.
Is Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 2 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in no single state (national curricula only) plus 2 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 9-12. That ranks it #1,628 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
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- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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