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How many pages is As Good As Dead?

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson has a median of 536 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 472 to 576 pages.

Median pages
536
6 editions counted
Range
400–742
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
147k
at 275 words per page

How long will As Good As Dead 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
9 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600202120222023202420252021: 400 pages2021: 742 pages2021: 576 pages2021: 464 pages2024: 576 pages2025: 496 pagesmedian 536
400600202220242021: 400 pages2021: 742 pages2021: 576 pages2021: 464 pages2024: 576 pages2025: 496 pagesmedian 536
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 19 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Random House Children's Books–496OL60890912M
2024FarshoreHardcover576OL51051622M
2021Egmont Books, Limited–400OL33856143M
2021Diversified Publishing–742OL34318187M
2021Egmont Books, Limited–576OL33938950M
2021Random House Children's Books–464OL34967249M

Questions

How many pages is As Good As Dead?
About 536 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 742 pages.
How long does it take to read As Good As Dead?
About 9 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is As Good As Dead?
Roughly 147,000 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)).