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How many pages is A Reason for Being?

A Reason for Being by Penny Jordan has a median of 192 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 187 to 192 pages.

Median pages
192
5 editions counted
Range
187–219
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Reason for Being take you?

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Reading time
3 h 23 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.

2002201990200020101989: 187 pages1989: 187 pages1989: 219 pages2013: 192 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 192
2002201990200020101989: 187 pages1989: 187 pages1989: 219 pages2013: 192 pages2017: 192 pagesmedian 192
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 8 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Harlequin Enterprises, Limited–192OL29763354M
2013Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–192OL29242971M
1989Harlequin Books–187OL24947317M
1989Mills & Boon–187OL22221985M
1989Mills & Boon–219OL18107578M

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Questions

How many pages is A Reason for Being?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 219 pages.
How long does it take to read A Reason for Being?
About 3 h 23 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 Reason for Being?
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)).