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How many pages is Eye of the Needle?

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett has a median of 336 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 322 to 400 pages.

Median pages
336
19 editions counted
Range
175–654
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page

How long will Eye of the Needle 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 55 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

20040060019801990200020101978: 311 pages1978: 322 pages1978: 654 pages1978: 313 pages1978: 311 pages1979: 175 pages1979: 336 pages1979: 336 pages1979: 335 pages1981: 322 pages1982: 321 pages1992: 322 pages2000: 384 pages2002: 488 pages2005: 339 pages2009: 480 pages2010: 445 pages2015: 416 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 336
200400600198020001978: 311 pages1978: 322 pages1978: 654 pages1978: 313 pages1978: 311 pages1979: 175 pages1979: 336 pages1979: 336 pages1979: 335 pages1981: 322 pages1982: 321 pages1992: 322 pages2000: 384 pages2002: 488 pages2005: 339 pages2009: 480 pages2010: 445 pages2015: 416 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 336
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 83 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Penguin Bookspaperback352OL27383275M
2015Penguin Publishing Group–416OL29716136M
2010Harper–445OL26641383M
2009Pan Macmillan–480OL28454426M
2005Dark Alley–339OL3311085M
2002Pan–488OL21996716M
2000Avon–384OL7433525M
1992Warner–322OL22329747M

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Questions

How many pages is Eye of the Needle?
About 336 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 175 to 654 pages.
How long does it take to read Eye of the Needle?
About 5 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is Eye of the Needle?
Roughly 92,000 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)).