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How many pages is Murder is Easy?

Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 210 to 261 pages.

Median pages
224
26 editions counted
Range
123–371
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Murder is Easy take you?

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Reading time
3 h 57 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.

10020030040019401960198020001938: 262 pages1939: 251 pages1939: 248 pages1951: 258 pages1960: 190 pages1965: 152 pages1966: 219 pages1968: 174 pages1969: 123 pages1972: 223 pages1977: 190 pages1981: 248 pages1983: 223 pages1987: 224 pages1987: 224 pages1987: 224 pages1990: 299 pages1992: 371 pages1992: 220 pages1999: 223 pages2001: 288 pages2001: 277 pages2002: 195 pages2011: 328 pages2014: 301 pagesmedian 224
100200300400195020001938: 262 pages1939: 251 pages1939: 248 pages1951: 258 pages1960: 190 pages1965: 152 pages1966: 219 pages1968: 174 pages1969: 123 pages1972: 223 pages1977: 190 pages1981: 248 pages1983: 223 pages1987: 224 pages1987: 224 pages1987: 224 pages1990: 299 pages1992: 371 pages1992: 220 pages1999: 223 pages2001: 288 pages2001: 277 pages2002: 195 pages2011: 328 pages2014: 301 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 95 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Center Point Large Print–301OL31172782M
2011Ulverscrofthardcover328OL31990212M
2002HARPER COLLINS 1 PAPPaperback195OL7842568M
2001St. Martin's MinotaurPaperback288OL9669978M
2001St. Martin's Paperbacks–277OL23029703M
1999HarperCollins–223OL18491513M
1992Ulverscroft–371OL18420727M
1992Harpercollins (Mm)Mass Market Paperback220OL9241047M

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Questions

How many pages is Murder is Easy?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 123 to 371 pages.
How long does it take to read Murder is Easy?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Murder is Easy?
Roughly 62,000 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)).