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How many pages is Past Tense?

Past Tense by Lee Child has a median of 460 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 406 to 510 pages.

Median pages
460
6 editions counted
Range
382–532
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
126k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Past Tense 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
8 h 07 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.

4004505005502016201720182019202020212018: 532 pages2018: 403 pages2018: 382 pages2019: 512 pages2019: 416 pages2019: 504 pagesmedian 460
4004505005502016201820202018: 532 pages2018: 403 pages2018: 382 pages2019: 512 pages2019: 416 pages2019: 504 pagesmedian 460
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 25 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Dellmass market paperback512OL27345112M
2019Bantam Bookspaperback416OL27330095M
2019Bantam Books–504OL28190940M
2018Random House Large Print–532OL26978087M
2018Bantam Presspaperback403OL28204517M
2018Delacorte Press–382OL26967787M

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Questions

How many pages is Past Tense?
About 460 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 382 to 532 pages.
How long does it take to read Past Tense?
About 8 h 07 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Past Tense?
Roughly 126,000 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).