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How many pages is Appointment with Death?

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie has a median of 214 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 256 pages.

Median pages
214
23 editions counted
Range
125–326
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
59k
at 275 words per page

How long will Appointment with Death 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
3 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.

10020030019401960198020001938: 318 pages1938: 301 pages1944: 125 pages1948: 206 pages1957: 162 pages1957: 160 pages1965: 194 pages1970: 224 pages1975: 192 pages1976: 185 pages1977: 218 pages1978: 192 pages1984: 214 pages1985: 252 pages1986: 212 pages1987: 198 pages1992: 296 pages1992: 326 pages1996: 244 pages2007: 256 pages2007: 256 pages2013: 271 pagesmedian 214
1002003001950197520001938: 318 pages1938: 301 pages1944: 125 pages1948: 206 pages1957: 162 pages1957: 160 pages1965: 194 pages1970: 224 pages1975: 192 pages1976: 185 pages1977: 218 pages1978: 192 pages1984: 214 pages1985: 252 pages1986: 212 pages1987: 198 pages1992: 296 pages1992: 326 pages1996: 244 pages2007: 256 pages2007: 256 pages2013: 271 pagesmedian 214
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 111 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Center Point Large Print–271OL31120174M
2007HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL28434064M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover256OL8756691M
1996Putnam–244OL790356M
1992Macmillan Publishing CompanyHardcover296OL9573624M
1992G.K. Hall–326OL1551311M
1987Bantam Books–198OL24951540M
1986Berkley–212OL7502660M

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Questions

How many pages is Appointment with Death?
About 214 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 125 to 326 pages.
How long does it take to read Appointment with Death?
About 3 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Appointment with Death?
Roughly 59,000 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)).