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How many pages is Murder in Three Acts?

Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie has a median of 252 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 290 pages.

Median pages
252
19 editions counted
Range
175–345
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
69k
at 275 words per page

How long will Murder in Three Acts take you?

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Reading time
4 h 27 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.

20030019401960198020001934: 279 pages1934: 279 pages1935: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 242 pages1971: 192 pages1973: 253 pages1975: 175 pages1983: 203 pages1984: 230 pages1984: 224 pages1986: 264 pages1989: 345 pages1990: 345 pages1995: 224 pages1998: 223 pages2005: 330 pages2010: 336 pages2013: 301 pagesmedian 252
200300195020001934: 279 pages1934: 279 pages1935: 252 pages1965: 252 pages1969: 242 pages1971: 192 pages1973: 253 pages1975: 175 pages1983: 203 pages1984: 230 pages1984: 224 pages1986: 264 pages1989: 345 pages1990: 345 pages1995: 224 pages1998: 223 pages2005: 330 pages2010: 336 pages2013: 301 pagesmedian 252
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 103 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Center Point Large Print–301OL30663874M
2010Ulverscroft–336OL38241286M
2005Berkley Books–330OL7505236M
1998HarperCollins–223OL18071758M
1995HarperColiins–224OL18048786M
1990G K Hall & CoPaperback345OL11361864M
1989G.K. Hall–345OL2053989M
1986Dodd, Mead & Company–264OL2718257M

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Questions

How many pages is Murder in Three Acts?
About 252 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 175 to 345 pages.
How long does it take to read Murder in Three Acts?
About 4 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Murder in Three Acts?
Roughly 69,000 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)).