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How many pages is Mr. Murder?

Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz has a median of 481 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 409 to 567 pages.

Median pages
481
13 editions counted
Range
376–694
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page

How long will Mr. Murder 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
8 h 29 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600199520002005201020151993: 409 pages1993: 409 pages1993: 409 pages1993: 376 pages1993: 415 pages1994: 694 pages1994: 691 pages1994: 481 pages1994: 567 pages1994: 694 pages1994: 481 pages2006: 493 pages2016: 448 pagesmedian 481
400600200020101993: 409 pages1993: 409 pages1993: 409 pages1993: 376 pages1993: 415 pages1994: 694 pages1994: 691 pages1994: 481 pages1994: 567 pages1994: 694 pages1994: 481 pages2006: 493 pages2016: 448 pagesmedian 481
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Headline–448OL29307376M
2006Berkley–493OL7505492M
1994Windsor Chivers Press–694OL39482355M
1994Thorndike Press–691OL1423198M
1994Berkley Books–481OL20941365M
1994HeadlineFeature–567OL18770738M
1994Chivers–694OL21365350M
1994Berkley Books–481OL24951849M

More by Dean Koontz

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Questions

How many pages is Mr. Murder?
About 481 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 376 to 694 pages.
How long does it take to read Mr. Murder?
About 8 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Mr. Murder?
Roughly 132,000 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)).