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How many pages is One Shot?

One Shot by Lee Child has a median of 485 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 376 to 512 pages.

Median pages
485
13 editions counted
Range
304–624
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
133k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
8 h 33 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060020062008201020122005: 363 pages2005: 624 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 304 pages2005: 615 pages2006: 466 pages2006: 512 pages2009: 496 pages2011: 528 pages2012: 496 pages2012: 485 pagesmedian 485
4006002005200720102005: 363 pages2005: 624 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 304 pages2005: 615 pages2006: 466 pages2006: 512 pages2009: 496 pages2011: 528 pages2012: 496 pages2012: 485 pagesmedian 485
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 52 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Transworld Publishers Limited–496OL29078369M
2012Dell–485OL26295058M
2011Bantam Books–528OL28461588M
2009Penguin Random House–496OL29079208M
2006Dell–466OL7520251M
2006Bantam BooksPaperback512OL7850811M
2005Bantam Press–363OL7544222M
2005Random House Large PrintHardcover624OL7425732M

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Questions

How many pages is One Shot?
About 485 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 304 to 624 pages.
How long does it take to read One Shot?
About 8 h 33 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is One Shot?
Roughly 133,000 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).