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How many pages is Playing with Fire?

Playing with Fire by Derek Landy has a median of 368 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 320 to 389 pages.

Median pages
368
5 editions counted
Range
320–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Playing with Fire 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 29 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.

3504002006200720082009201020112008: 389 pages2008: 368 pages2008: 320 pages2008: 320 pages2009: 400 pagesmedian 368
3504002006200820102008: 389 pages2008: 368 pages2008: 320 pages2008: 320 pages2009: 400 pagesmedian 368
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 15 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2009HarperCollins PublishersLibrary Binding400OL9952222M
2008HarperCollins–389OL18569173M
2008HARPERCOLLINS CHILDRENS BOOKS–368OL26852981M
2008HarperCollins Publishers Limited–320OL28436333M
2008HarperCollins Publishers Limited–320OL28439410M

Questions

How many pages is Playing with Fire?
About 368 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 320 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read Playing with Fire?
About 6 h 29 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Playing with Fire?
Roughly 101,000 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).