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How many pages is Death on the Nile?

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie has a median of 307 pages across 47 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 254 to 352 pages.

Median pages
307
47 editions counted
Range
179–480
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
84k
at 275 words per page

How long will Death on the Nile 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
5 h 25 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.

200300400500194019601980200020201937: 262 pages1937: 226 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 258 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 318 pages1938: 326 pages1950: 256 pages1953: 249 pages1956: 249 pages1963: 214 pages1965: 317 pages1965: 317 pages1971: 480 pages1972: 224 pages1978: 252 pages1981: 276 pages1983: 262 pages1983: 480 pages1984: 252 pages1985: 340 pages1986: 235 pages1987: 276 pages1989: 256 pages1990: 252 pages1992: 320 pages1993: 252 pages1995: 252 pages2000: 307 pages2000: 307 pages2002: 307 pages2004: 432 pages2006: 288 pages2007: 352 pages2011: 382 pages2011: 352 pages2019: 480 pages2020: 384 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 352 pages2020: 384 pages2020: 352 pages2020: 368 pages2020: 179 pages2022: 352 pagesmedian 307
200300400500195020001937: 262 pages1937: 226 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 258 pages1937: 326 pages1937: 318 pages1938: 326 pages1950: 256 pages1953: 249 pages1956: 249 pages1963: 214 pages1965: 317 pages1965: 317 pages1971: 480 pages1972: 224 pages1978: 252 pages1981: 276 pages1983: 262 pages1983: 480 pages1984: 252 pages1985: 340 pages1986: 235 pages1987: 276 pages1989: 256 pages1990: 252 pages1992: 320 pages1993: 252 pages1995: 252 pages2000: 307 pages2000: 307 pages2002: 307 pages2004: 432 pages2006: 288 pages2007: 352 pages2011: 382 pages2011: 352 pages2019: 480 pages2020: 384 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 352 pages2020: 384 pages2020: 352 pages2020: 368 pages2020: 179 pages2022: 352 pagesmedian 307
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
Hardcover35246 h 12 min
Paperback30735 h 25 min

Editions counted

The 47 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 188 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022William Morrowpaperback352OL32658116M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–384OL29490065M
2020HarperCollins Publishers Limited–288OL29498143M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–288OL29871971M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–352OL29841676M
2020HarperCollins Publishers Limited–384OL29497055M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–352OL29852154M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–368OL29841667M

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Questions

How many pages is Death on the Nile?
About 307 pages: that is the median of 47 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 179 to 480 pages.
How long does it take to read Death on the Nile?
About 5 h 25 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Death on the Nile?
Roughly 84,000 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)).