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How many pages is Crooked House?

Crooked House by Agatha Christie has a median of 190 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 186 to 224 pages.

Median pages
190
22 editions counted
Range
122–331
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
52k
at 275 words per page

How long will Crooked House 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 21 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.

1002003001960198020001949: 186 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 198 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 211 pages1967: 223 pages1971: 160 pages1973: 201 pages1979: 224 pages1983: 188 pages1985: 160 pages1988: 320 pages1991: 331 pages1991: 235 pages1995: 188 pages1997: 188 pages2002: 288 pages2011: 270 pages2017: 122 pagesmedian 190
1002003001950197520001949: 186 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 198 pages1949: 186 pages1949: 211 pages1967: 223 pages1971: 160 pages1973: 201 pages1979: 224 pages1983: 188 pages1985: 160 pages1988: 320 pages1991: 331 pages1991: 235 pages1995: 188 pages1997: 188 pages2002: 288 pages2011: 270 pages2017: 122 pagesmedian 190
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 115 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–122OL34547788M
2011Center Point Pub.–270OL25202378M
2002St. Martin's MinotaurMass Market Paperback288OL9556734M
1997HarperCollins–188OL22403701M
1995CollinsChildren's Books–188OL22493859M
1991Ulverscroft–331OL22474706M
1991HarperPaperbacks–235OL20940363M
1988G.K. Hall–320OL2401891M

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Questions

How many pages is Crooked House?
About 190 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 122 to 331 pages.
How long does it take to read Crooked House?
About 3 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Crooked House?
Roughly 52,000 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)).