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Book · by Mary Stewart · first published 1978

How many pages is Nine Coaches Waiting?

Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart has a median of 342 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 317 to 420 pages.

Median pages
342
12 editions counted
Range
272–595
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
94k
at 275 words per page

How long will Nine Coaches Waiting 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
6 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4006001960198020001958: 272 pages1958: 317 pages1958: 317 pages1959: 342 pages1970: 342 pages1973: 594 pages1974: 317 pages1989: 595 pages1991: 272 pages2001: 400 pages2006: 352 pages2011: 480 pagesmedian 342
4006001960198020001958: 272 pages1958: 317 pages1958: 317 pages1959: 342 pages1970: 342 pages1973: 594 pages1974: 317 pages1989: 595 pages1991: 272 pages2001: 400 pages2006: 352 pages2011: 480 pagesmedian 342
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover31735 h 35 min
Paperback31225 h 30 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Hodder & Stoughton Canada–480OL28460067M
2006Chicago Review PressPaperback352OL8596292M
2001HarperTorch–400OL7435678M
1991Fawcett–272OL22915663M
1989Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover595OL9719385M
1974Hodder & Stoughton–317OL34412293M
1973Ulverscroft–594OL22915661M
1970Fawcett Publications–342OL40234075M

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Questions

How many pages is Nine Coaches Waiting?
About 342 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 272 to 595 pages.
How long does it take to read Nine Coaches Waiting?
About 6 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Nine Coaches Waiting?
Roughly 94,000 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)).