Book · by Arthur Conan Doyle · first published 2005
How many pages is A Study in Scarlet?
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle has a median of 162 pages across 126 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 142 to 184 pages.
Median pages
162
126 editions counted
Range
76–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
45k
at 275 words per page
How long will A Study in Scarlet take you?
Reading time
2 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
6 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 200 | 15 | 3 h 32 min |
| Paperback | 170 | 26 | 3 h |
| Mass market | 150 | 2 | 2 h 39 min |
Editions counted
The 126 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 7 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,472 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | JonRose Publishing, LLC | – | 184 | OL38403649M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34214985M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34313713M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34360746M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 147 | OL34165878M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 159 | OL34268799M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL34282716M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34266784M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34339866M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 137 | OL34262915M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34145359M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34307812M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34248002M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 95 | OL34312079M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 137 | OL34165444M |
| 2021 | Alma Classics | – | 160 | OL33910340M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34185348M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34348335M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL34357401M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34363206M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34165266M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34337236M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34331374M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34310578M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL34235069M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 249 | OL30266278M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 139 | OL29935071M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 144 | OL29907914M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30328478M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30324033M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 167 | OL30020653M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 76 | OL30076857M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL34221267M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 249 | OL30213069M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL29894713M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30324307M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30332457M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30007522M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 92 | OL30347866M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30030833M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL30330943M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 104 | OL29902243M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30350310M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30324582M |
| 2020 | Martino Fine Books | – | 98 | OL30308374M |
| 2020 | [publisher not identified] | Paperback | 106 | OL39198335M |
| 2019 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29396313M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL29847485M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL29839675M |
| 2019 | Legend Press | Paperback | 140 | OL29396308M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 93 | OL30073816M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 206 | OL56432847M |
| 2018 | Franklin Classics Trade Press | hardcover | 102 | OL32482368M |
| 2018 | Barnes & Noble Press | – | 244 | OL39614540M |
| 2018 | Independently Published | – | 83 | OL29812470M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL39611796M |
| 2017 | The Gunston Trust | paperback | 248 | OL33299274M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 210 | OL56521123M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 210 | OL56521168M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL56501380M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 146 | OL29732525M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 146 | OL29779245M |
| 2016 | WISEHOUSE CLASSICS | Paperback | 88 | OL40296797M |
| 2016 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 94 | OL33437643M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 141 | OL29727736M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 146 | OL29727737M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL54870468M |
| 2016 | Oxford University Press | paperback | 184 | OL27708625M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 146 | OL29732659M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 98 | OL54625248M |
| 2015 | Balzer + Bray | Hardcover | 277 | OL31175758M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 100 | OL34017875M |
| 2014 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 192 | OL33495075M |
| 2014 | Penguin English Library | paperback | 142 | OL28538206M |
| 2011 | Ulverscroft | paperback | 209 | OL32145057M |
| 2011 | BBC Books | paperback | 212 | OL26139651M |
| 2009 | Vintage Books | paperback | 146 | OL27667421M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 200 | OL23152205M |
| 2008 | House of Stratus, Incorporated | – | 154 | OL28736566M |
| 2007 | Filiquarian | Paperback | 176 | OL12502456M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 176 | OL9387813M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 124 | OL11678199M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books | paperback | 162 | OL32145059M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 288 | OL9657703M |
| 2007 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 276 | OL9449056M |
| 2006 | Wildside Press | paperback | 165 | OL36625430M |
| 2006 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 184 | OL11823365M |
| 2006 | Headline Review | Paperback | 164 | OL7993391M |
| 2005 | Large Print Book Co. | – | 151 | OL23045989M |
| 2005 | Echo Library | Paperback | 244 | OL8962783M |
| 2004 | 1st World Library Literary Society | paperback | 181 | OL30537680M |
| 2003 | Dover Publications | – | 180 | OL3684657M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | – | 129 | OL3567144M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 128 | OL8402900M |
| 2001 | New Millennium Library | – | 124 | OL7544852M |
| 2001 | G.K. Hall | hardcover | 191 | OL6790076M |
| 2001 | Penguin Books | – | 143 | OL3970278M |
| 2000 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 253 | OL7384270M |
| 1998 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Paperback | 132 | OL12210411M |
| 1996 | Leopard | hardcover | 145 | OL7985322M |
| 1994 | Quality Paperback Book Club | Paperback | 131 | OL42996795M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 200 | OL1082237M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 200 | OL7381965M |
| 1988 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 135 | OL7346717M |
| 1987 | Buccaneer Books | Hardcover | 121 | OL8276636M |
| 1987 | J.M. Gibson | – | 168 | OL20572791M |
| 1987 | Grafton | mass market paperback | 158 | OL17417826M |
| 1983 | Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag | paperback | 287 | OL15258990M |
| 1981 | Sharon Publications Inc. | Hardcover | 204 | OL11307919M |
| 1976 | Doubleday | hardcover | 145 | OL4893981M |
| 1976 | Hart Pub. Co. | paperback | 223 | OL5213595M |
| 1975 | Ballantine Books | – | 141 | OL21523748M |
| 1975 | Pan Books | – | 156 | OL14991874M |
| 1975 | Peebles Classic Library] | – | 282 | OL40238076M |
| 1974 | J. Murray : Cape | – | 145 | OL5122142M |
| 1974 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 145 | OL39497669M |
| 1967 | John Murray | mass market paperback | 143 | OL5646244M |
| 1961 | Ward Lock | – | 160 | OL18392054M |
| 1960 | Baker Street Irregulars | – | 168 | OL23013613M |
| 1900 | Ward, Lock and Co. | – | 96 | OL7235634M |
| 1892 | Ward, Locke, Bowden & Co. | Hardcover | 244 | OL27891241M |
| 1890 | American Publishers Corporation | – | 255 | OL6650044M |
| – | Ward, Lock & Co. Limited | Hardcover | 255 | OL47068254M |
| – | Mershon Company | Hardcover | 216 | OL47068252M |
| – | Ward, Lock & Co. Limited | hardcover | 224 | OL18089607M |
| – | Ward, Locke & Co. | Hardcover | 255 | OL21084997M |
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Questions
- How many pages is A Study in Scarlet?
- About 162 pages: that is the median of 126 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 76 to 288 pages.
- How long does it take to read A Study in Scarlet?
- About 2 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is A Study in Scarlet?
- Roughly 45,000 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)).