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How many pages is Never Go Back?

Never Go Back by Lee Child has a median of 544 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 424 to 594 pages.

Median pages
544
11 editions counted
Range
400–624
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
150k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Never Go Back 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
9 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40050060020122014201620182013: 596 pages2013: 400 pages2013: 416 pages2013: 416 pages2014: 624 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 592 pages2015: 520 pages2016: 432 pages2016: 544 pages2016: 624 pagesmedian 544
4005006002012201520172013: 596 pages2013: 400 pages2013: 416 pages2013: 416 pages2014: 624 pages2014: 544 pages2014: 592 pages2015: 520 pages2016: 432 pages2016: 544 pages2016: 624 pagesmedian 544
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 38 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Bantam Bookspaperback432OL32339853M
2016Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29307292M
2016Dellpaperback624OL32444087M
2015Charnwood–520OL29313134M
2014Dell–624OL27097913M
2014Penguin Random House–544OL28518893M
2014Transworld Publishers Limited–592OL29177750M
2013––596OL26272235M

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Questions

How many pages is Never Go Back?
About 544 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 400 to 624 pages.
How long does it take to read Never Go Back?
About 9 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is Never Go Back?
Roughly 150,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).