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How many pages is Blackmail?

Blackmail by Penny Jordan has a median of 218 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 187 to 220 pages.

Median pages
218
8 editions counted
Range
187–248
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Blackmail 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 51 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.

1802002202401990200020101982: 187 pages1982: 187 pages1982: 187 pages1982: 218 pages1982: 219 pages1987: 248 pages1998: 219 pages2013: 224 pagesmedian 218
18020022024020001982: 187 pages1982: 187 pages1982: 187 pages1982: 218 pages1982: 219 pages1987: 248 pages1998: 219 pages2013: 224 pagesmedian 218
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

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

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–224OL29242975M
1998Mills & Boon–219OL20130268M
1987Chivers Press–248OL2738323M
1982Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–187OL28973754M
1982Harlequin BooksMass Market Paperback187OL9396517M
1982Mills & Boon–187OL14977422M
1982Harlequin–218OL24934924M
1982Mills & Boon–219OL18427250M

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Questions

How many pages is Blackmail?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 248 pages.
How long does it take to read Blackmail?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Blackmail?
Roughly 60,000 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)).