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How many pages is Mrs. McGinty's Dead?

Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie has a median of 229 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 188 to 238 pages.

Median pages
229
25 editions counted
Range
180–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
63k
at 275 words per page

How long will Mrs. McGinty's Dead 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 02 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

20025030019601980200020201951: 180 pages1951: 180 pages1952: 181 pages1952: 188 pages1952: 248 pages1952: 187 pages1953: 238 pages1957: 188 pages1968: 188 pages1970: 191 pages1974: 192 pages1975: 238 pages1981: 233 pages1985: 238 pages1986: 188 pages1988: 320 pages1992: 256 pages1993: 259 pages2000: 229 pages2000: 229 pages2000: 229 pages2001: 233 pages2014: 303 pages2025: 272 pagesmedian 229
2002503001975200020251951: 180 pages1951: 180 pages1952: 181 pages1952: 188 pages1952: 248 pages1952: 187 pages1953: 238 pages1957: 188 pages1968: 188 pages1970: 191 pages1974: 192 pages1975: 238 pages1981: 233 pages1985: 238 pages1986: 188 pages1988: 320 pages1992: 256 pages1993: 259 pages2000: 229 pages2000: 229 pages2000: 229 pages2001: 233 pages2014: 303 pages2025: 272 pagesmedian 229
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 89 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025HarperCollins Publishers–272OL57564184M
2014Center Point Large Print–303OL31019857M
2001Harper Collins–233OL18763794M
2000Berkley–229OL24934909M
2000Berkley Books–229OL3282026M
2000Tandem Library–229OL7600156M
1993Putnam–259OL1728334M
1992HarperCollins PublishersMass Market Paperback256OL9241052M

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Questions

How many pages is Mrs. McGinty's Dead?
About 229 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 180 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read Mrs. McGinty's Dead?
About 4 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Mrs. McGinty's Dead?
Roughly 63,000 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)).