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How many pages is A Pocket Full of Rye?

A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie has a median of 191 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 186 to 211 pages.

Median pages
191
22 editions counted
Range
174–317
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page
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How long will A Pocket Full of Rye take you?

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Reading time
3 h 22 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.

2002503001960198020001953: 211 pages1953: 211 pages1953: 191 pages1955: 182 pages1958: 188 pages1964: 191 pages1967: 194 pages1970: 194 pages1973: 194 pages1973: 186 pages1973: 186 pages1976: 186 pages1980: 188 pages1981: 174 pages1984: 219 pages1985: 188 pages1986: 249 pages1991: 185 pages1991: 185 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 317 pages2010: 307 pagesmedian 191
2002503001960198020001953: 211 pages1953: 211 pages1953: 191 pages1955: 182 pages1958: 188 pages1964: 191 pages1967: 194 pages1970: 194 pages1973: 194 pages1973: 186 pages1973: 186 pages1976: 186 pages1980: 188 pages1981: 174 pages1984: 219 pages1985: 188 pages1986: 249 pages1991: 185 pages1991: 185 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 317 pages2010: 307 pagesmedian 191
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Paperback20523 h 37 min
Mass market19023 h 21 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 104 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Ulverscroft–307OL35638732M
2002Ted Smart–317OL32134012M
2000SignetPaperback224OL7574232M
1991Berkley Books–185OL1145286M
1991Berkley Books–185OL24512161M
1986Dodd, Mead–249OL2718235M
1985Fontana/Collins–188OL14876573M
1984Fontana–219OL20418798M

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Questions

How many pages is A Pocket Full of Rye?
About 191 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 174 to 317 pages.
How long does it take to read A Pocket Full of Rye?
About 3 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is A Pocket Full of Rye?
Roughly 53,000 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).