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How many pages is Destination Unknown?

Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie has a median of 196 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 191 to 216 pages.

Median pages
196
17 editions counted
Range
122–355
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
54k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
3 h 27 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.

1002003001960198020001954: 178 pages1955: 212 pages1955: 192 pages1970: 168 pages1975: 191 pages1975: 242 pages1977: 192 pages1981: 159 pages1984: 214 pages1989: 355 pages1991: 338 pages1992: 216 pages2000: 200 pages2001: 196 pages2002: 288 pages2011: 192 pages2017: 122 pagesmedian 196
100200300197520001954: 178 pages1955: 212 pages1955: 192 pages1970: 168 pages1975: 191 pages1975: 242 pages1977: 192 pages1981: 159 pages1984: 214 pages1989: 355 pages1991: 338 pages1992: 216 pages2000: 200 pages2001: 196 pages2002: 288 pages2011: 192 pages2017: 122 pagesmedian 196
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 79 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–122OL34547787M
2011Collinspaperback192OL31990864M
2002St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback288OL9792365M
2001Collins CrimeHardcover196OL9210639M
2000Bantam BooksUnknown Binding200OL8783838M
1992Harper–216OL23268388M
1991G.K. Hall–338OL1533703M
1989Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover355OL9821633M

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Questions

How many pages is Destination Unknown?
About 196 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 122 to 355 pages.
How long does it take to read Destination Unknown?
About 3 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Destination Unknown?
Roughly 54,000 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)).