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How many pages is Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less?

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer has a median of 255 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 230 to 320 pages.

Median pages
255
22 editions counted
Range
217–411
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less take you?

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Reading time
4 h 30 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.

20030040019801990200020101976: 217 pages1976: 230 pages1977: 217 pages1978: 410 pages1981: 220 pages1981: 256 pages1982: 240 pages1982: 240 pages1982: 255 pages1984: 224 pages1985: 255 pages1988: 230 pages1991: 411 pages1994: 320 pages1994: 220 pages1995: 254 pages1997: 256 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 336 pages2004: 320 pages2013: 352 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 255
200300400198020001976: 217 pages1976: 230 pages1977: 217 pages1978: 410 pages1981: 220 pages1981: 256 pages1982: 240 pages1982: 240 pages1982: 255 pages1984: 224 pages1985: 255 pages1988: 230 pages1991: 411 pages1994: 320 pages1994: 220 pages1995: 254 pages1997: 256 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 336 pages2004: 320 pages2013: 352 pages2017: 352 pagesmedian 255
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
Hardcover31825 h 36 min
Mass market32045 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Pan 70–352OL28634458M
2013Pan Macmillan–352OL28483569M
2004St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback320OL9446452M
2004St. Martin's Paperbacksmass market paperback336OL28199564M
2004St. Martin's Paperbacksmass market paperback320OL27972646M
1997HarperCollins–256OL7259121M
1995Harper Collins–254OL21235336M
1994HarperTorchMass Market Paperback320OL9241166M

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Questions

How many pages is Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less?
About 255 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 217 to 411 pages.
How long does it take to read Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less?
About 4 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less?
Roughly 70,000 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)).