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How many pages is Cat Among the Pigeons?

Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie has a median of 256 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 255 to 292 pages.

Median pages
256
21 editions counted
Range
200–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Cat Among the Pigeons 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
4 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20025030035019601980200020201959: 255 pages1959: 262 pages1959: 255 pages1959: 224 pages1959: 255 pages1961: 256 pages1983: 255 pages1985: 256 pages1986: 292 pages1991: 304 pages1991: 292 pages2000: 240 pages2004: 240 pages2005: 352 pages2007: 272 pages2009: 256 pages2013: 351 pages2014: 308 pages2015: 200 pages2024: 288 pagesmedian 256
200250300350197520001959: 255 pages1959: 262 pages1959: 255 pages1959: 224 pages1959: 255 pages1961: 256 pages1983: 255 pages1985: 256 pages1986: 292 pages1991: 304 pages1991: 292 pages2000: 240 pages2004: 240 pages2005: 352 pages2007: 272 pages2009: 256 pages2013: 351 pages2014: 308 pages2015: 200 pages2024: 288 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover26424 h 39 min
Paperback25624 h 31 min

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 96 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024HarperCollins Publishers–288OL56871685M
2015CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–200OL55394174M
2014Harper–308OL28366423M
2013Center Point Large Print–351OL30660371M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL44130457M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover272OL8756709M
2005Berkley Books–352OL24751580M
2004Berkley–240OL7504521M

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Questions

How many pages is Cat Among the Pigeons?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 200 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Cat Among the Pigeons?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Cat Among the Pigeons?
Roughly 70,000 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)).