The Great Gatsby by the numbers
F. Scott Fitzgerald · first published 1925 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 180 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 50,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 2 h 45 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 3 h 18 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 4 h 8 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 10 |
| Lexile measure | 1070L |
At 180 pages, The Great Gatsby is longer than 41.8% 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 The Great Gatsby is on school reading lists
7 appearances (0.1% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 7 published lists, in grades 11th–12th. 7 of the 7 carry a link to the published source document.
States (2): Massachusetts, New York.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 11th | 6 |
| 12th | 1 |
Sources
- NYC DOE grade 11 ELA core text · checked 2026-05-29
- AP Lit summer-reading expectation — rising AP Lit student · checked 2026-05-29
- MA ELA Framework aligned reading · checked 2026-05-29
- NY Next Gen Learning Standards aligned reading · checked 2026-05-29
- AP Lit — commonly cited in free-response question 3 · checked 2026-05-29
- CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 11-CCR exemplar · checked 2026-05-29
Questions
How many pages is The Great Gatsby?
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is 180 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 50,000 words.
How long does it take to read The Great Gatsby?
About 3 h 18 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (2 h 45 min at 300 wpm, 4 h 8 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 10 days.
Is The Great Gatsby on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 7 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 2 states plus 4 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 9-12. That ranks it #566 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- The Great Gatsby: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthThe Giver (179 pp.) · Maniac Magee (184 pp.) · The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) (176 pp.) · Charlotte's Web (184 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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