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How many pages is Hickory Dickory Death?

Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie has a median of 200 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 224 pages.

Median pages
200
18 editions counted
Range
128–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
55k
at 275 words per page

How long will Hickory Dickory Death 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 32 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.

1002003001960198020001955: 198 pages1955: 190 pages1955: 241 pages1956: 198 pages1965: 194 pages1967: 194 pages1967: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1975: 222 pages1984: 191 pages1986: 222 pages1987: 245 pages1987: 352 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 208 pages2012: 128 pages2013: 294 pagesmedian 200
1002003001960198020001955: 198 pages1955: 190 pages1955: 241 pages1956: 198 pages1965: 194 pages1967: 194 pages1967: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1975: 222 pages1984: 191 pages1986: 222 pages1987: 245 pages1987: 352 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 208 pages2012: 128 pages2013: 294 pagesmedian 200
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 90 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Center Point Large Print–294OL31120177M
2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited–128OL29102328M
2002Harper–208OL7261623M
2000Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding224OL9576603M
1987Putnam Adult–245OL7469304M
1987UlverscroftHardcover352OL9869275M
1986Pocket Books–222OL24532769M
1984Fontana–191OL22993479M

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Questions

How many pages is Hickory Dickory Death?
About 200 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read Hickory Dickory Death?
About 3 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Hickory Dickory Death?
Roughly 55,000 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)).