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How many pages is Dead Man's Folly?

Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie has a median of 218 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 200 to 232 pages.

Median pages
218
19 editions counted
Range
166–262
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Dead Man's Folly 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 51 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.

2002501960198020001956: 256 pages1956: 205 pages1956: 262 pages1956: 216 pages1956: 166 pages1957: 262 pages1961: 192 pages1966: 194 pages1967: 205 pages1973: 192 pages1975: 224 pages1977: 256 pages1978: 192 pages1983: 205 pages1984: 224 pages1986: 230 pages1986: 218 pages2000: 234 pages2014: 226 pagesmedian 218
2002501960198020001956: 256 pages1956: 205 pages1956: 262 pages1956: 216 pages1956: 166 pages1957: 262 pages1961: 192 pages1966: 194 pages1967: 205 pages1973: 192 pages1975: 224 pages1977: 256 pages1978: 192 pages1983: 205 pages1984: 224 pages1986: 230 pages1986: 218 pages2000: 234 pages2014: 226 pagesmedian 218
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 96 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014William Morrow–226OL27177652M
2000Berkley Books–234OL3548514M
1986Dodd, Mead–230OL23258488M
1986Fontana–218OL17949106M
1984Pocket Books–224OL24204805M
1983UlverscroftHardcover205OL8299605M
1978Fontana–192OL14876149M
1977Collins [for] the Crime Club–256OL14874767M

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Questions

How many pages is Dead Man's Folly?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 166 to 262 pages.
How long does it take to read Dead Man's Folly?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Dead Man's Folly?
Roughly 60,000 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)).