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How many pages is Dark Places?

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn has a median of 349 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 347 to 358 pages.

Median pages
349
7 editions counted
Range
320–368
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
96k
at 275 words per page

How long will Dark Places 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
6 h 09 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3203403602010201220142009: 320 pages2009: 349 pages2009: 349 pages2009: 349 pages2010: 368 pages2010: 345 pages2015: 368 pagesmedian 349
3203403602010201220142009: 320 pages2009: 349 pages2009: 349 pages2009: 349 pages2010: 368 pages2010: 345 pages2015: 368 pagesmedian 349
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Broadway Bookspaperback368OL28652696M
2010Crown/Archetype–368OL28755784M
2010Broadway BooksPaperback345OL25760143M
2009Orion Publishing Group, Limited–320OL35465503M
2009Shaye Areheart Books–349OL22529152M
2009Weidenfeld & Nicholson–349OL32953431M
2009Shaye Areheart Books–349OL26644955M

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Questions

How many pages is Dark Places?
About 349 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 368 pages.
How long does it take to read Dark Places?
About 6 h 09 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Dark Places?
Roughly 96,000 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)).