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Book · by Kerry Patterson · first published 2002

How many pages is Crucial Conversations?

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson has a median of 264 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 247 to 296 pages.

Median pages
264
6 editions counted
Range
240–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
73k
at 275 words per page

How long will Crucial Conversations take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
5 h 06 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

25027530020052010201520202002: 240 pages2002: 256 pages2012: 273 pages2012: 244 pages2021: 304 pages2021: 304 pagesmedian 264
250275300201020202002: 240 pages2002: 256 pages2012: 273 pages2012: 244 pages2021: 304 pages2021: 304 pagesmedian 264
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 17 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021McGraw-Hill Education–304OL33830276M
2021McGraw-Hill Education–304OL33828397M
2012McGraw-Hill Companies, The–273OL34854612M
2012McGraw-Hill–244OL24896603M
2002McGraw-Hill–240OL18135948M
2002McGraw-HillPaperback256OL9254050M

Questions

How many pages is Crucial Conversations?
About 264 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 240 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read Crucial Conversations?
About 5 h 06 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Crucial Conversations?
Roughly 73,000 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)).