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How many pages is 1st to Die?

1st to Die by James Patterson has a median of 448 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 424 to 471 pages.

Median pages
448
14 editions counted
Range
320–586
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
123k
at 275 words per page
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How long will 1st to Die 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
7 h 54 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

30040050060020022004200620082001: 464 pages2001: 320 pages2001: 586 pages2001: 424 pages2001: 471 pages2001: 424 pages2001: 464 pages2001: 432 pages2002: 488 pages2003: 471 pages2007: 432 pages2009: 480 pagesmedian 448
30040050060020052001: 464 pages2001: 320 pages2001: 586 pages2001: 424 pages2001: 471 pages2001: 424 pages2001: 464 pages2001: 432 pages2002: 488 pages2003: 471 pages2007: 432 pages2009: 480 pagesmedian 448
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 67 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009Headline Publishing Group–480OL28700960M
2007Warner Books–432OL7538578M
2003Tandem Library–471OL7600973M
2002Warner Vision Books–488OL7537655M
2001Thorndike Press–464OL3944419M
2001Headline FeatureHardcover320OL7960371M
2001Little, Brown and Co.–586OL26329630M
2001Little, Brown and Company–424OL6793725M

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Questions

How many pages is 1st to Die?
About 448 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 586 pages.
How long does it take to read 1st to Die?
About 7 h 54 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
How many words is 1st to Die?
Roughly 123,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).