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How many pages is Dumb Witness?

Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie has a median of 260 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 251 to 316 pages.

Median pages
260
22 editions counted
Range
170–411
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
71k
at 275 words per page

How long will Dumb Witness 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
4 h 34 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040019401960198020001937: 316 pages1937: 302 pages1937: 307 pages1937: 316 pages1949: 251 pages1951: 258 pages1965: 234 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 218 pages1975: 255 pages1981: 170 pages1984: 243 pages1984: 261 pages1991: 310 pages1995: 256 pages1999: 251 pages2001: 336 pages2002: 411 pages2007: 326 pages2011: 317 pages2013: 383 pagesmedian 259
200300400195020001937: 316 pages1937: 302 pages1937: 307 pages1937: 316 pages1949: 251 pages1951: 258 pages1965: 234 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 218 pages1975: 255 pages1981: 170 pages1984: 243 pages1984: 261 pages1991: 310 pages1995: 256 pages1999: 251 pages2001: 336 pages2002: 411 pages2007: 326 pages2011: 317 pages2013: 383 pagesmedian 259
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 97 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Center Point Large Print–383OL30661358M
2011William Morrow–317OL26332760M
2007HarperCollins Publishers Limited–326OL44102707M
2002Harper–411OL7261605M
2001Compass Press–336OL32095055M
1999HarperCollins–251OL17162580M
1995HarperCollins–256OL7258028M
1991Putnam–310OL1861616M

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Questions

How many pages is Dumb Witness?
About 260 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 170 to 411 pages.
How long does it take to read Dumb Witness?
About 4 h 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Dumb Witness?
Roughly 71,000 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)).