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How many pages is Cards on the Table?

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 194 to 254 pages.

Median pages
224
29 editions counted
Range
142–343
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Cards on the Table take you?

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Reading time
3 h 57 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.

20030019401960198020001936: 214 pages1936: 239 pages1936: 262 pages1939: 286 pages1964: 194 pages1966: 190 pages1966: 194 pages1968: 254 pages1968: 253 pages1969: 343 pages1970: 192 pages1976: 192 pages1979: 191 pages1981: 224 pages1982: 169 pages1983: 342 pages1984: 213 pages1984: 226 pages1984: 226 pages1984: 224 pages1985: 253 pages1987: 245 pages1990: 224 pages1993: 224 pages2000: 197 pages2001: 320 pages2005: 324 pages2013: 311 pages2016: 142 pagesmedian 224
200300195020001936: 214 pages1936: 239 pages1936: 262 pages1939: 286 pages1964: 194 pages1966: 190 pages1966: 194 pages1968: 254 pages1968: 253 pages1969: 343 pages1970: 192 pages1976: 192 pages1979: 191 pages1981: 224 pages1982: 169 pages1983: 342 pages1984: 213 pages1984: 226 pages1984: 226 pages1984: 224 pages1985: 253 pages1987: 245 pages1990: 224 pages1993: 224 pages2000: 197 pages2001: 320 pages2005: 324 pages2013: 311 pages2016: 142 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 107 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–142OL56366525M
2013Center Point Large Print–311OL30660282M
2005Berkley–324OL7505234M
2001Harper–320OL7261550M
2000Bantam BooksUnknown Binding197OL9521460M
1993Collins–224OL16350576M
1990Collins–224OL17269831M
1987Dodd, Mead–245OL2738222M

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Questions

How many pages is Cards on the Table?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 142 to 343 pages.
How long does it take to read Cards on the Table?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Cards on the Table?
Roughly 62,000 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)).