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Book · by Anaïs Nin · first published 1978

How many pages is A Spy in the House of Love?

A Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin has a median of 133 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 126 to 139 pages.

Median pages
133
16 editions counted
Range
118–176
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
37k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Spy in the House of Love 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
2 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1201401601801960198020001954: 127 pages1954: 136 pages1955: 136 pages1955: 136 pages1959: 140 pages1959: 139 pages1959: 150 pages1968: 118 pages1968: 130 pages1973: 124 pages1980: 130 pages1982: 123 pages1984: 140 pages1985: 123 pages1994: 176 pages2011: 128 pagesmedian 133
1201401601801960198020001954: 127 pages1954: 136 pages1955: 136 pages1955: 136 pages1959: 140 pages1959: 139 pages1959: 150 pages1968: 118 pages1968: 130 pages1973: 124 pages1980: 130 pages1982: 123 pages1984: 140 pages1985: 123 pages1994: 176 pages2011: 128 pagesmedian 133
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Books, Limited–128OL33260952M
1994PocketMass Market Paperback176OL7667078M
1985Penguin–123OL14947346M
1984Swallow Press–140OL3181530M
1982Penguin–123OL14946343M
1980Bantam BooksMass Market Paperback130OL7818840M
1973Penguin–124OL5465635M
1968Bantam Books–118OL23313833M

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Questions

How many pages is A Spy in the House of Love?
About 133 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 118 to 176 pages.
How long does it take to read A Spy in the House of Love?
About 2 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is A Spy in the House of Love?
Roughly 37,000 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)).