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How many pages is Sparkling Cyanide?

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie has a median of 240 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 218 to 319 pages.

Median pages
240
21 editions counted
Range
160–357
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will Sparkling Cyanide 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
4 h 14 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.

2003001960198020001945: 160 pages1945: 209 pages1947: 218 pages1960: 189 pages1968: 194 pages1973: 194 pages1978: 356 pages1978: 357 pages1981: 238 pages1982: 218 pages1989: 357 pages1992: 240 pages1992: 355 pages1992: 242 pages1995: 238 pages1999: 262 pages2001: 288 pages2002: 336 pages2012: 268 pages2013: 319 pagesmedian 240
2003001950197520001945: 160 pages1945: 209 pages1947: 218 pages1960: 189 pages1968: 194 pages1973: 194 pages1978: 356 pages1978: 357 pages1981: 238 pages1982: 218 pages1989: 357 pages1992: 240 pages1992: 355 pages1992: 242 pages1995: 238 pages1999: 262 pages2001: 288 pages2002: 336 pages2012: 268 pages2013: 319 pagesmedian 240
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 111 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Center Point Large Print–319OL31119992M
2012William Morrow–268OL27184220M
2002HarperCollins Publishers Ltd–336OL7262032M
2001St. Martin's PaperbacksPaperback288OL9821958M
1999AGATHA CHRISTIE LIMITED–262OL58600938M
1995HarperCollins–238OL17486772M
1992HarperPaperbacks–240OL7286349M
1992G.K. Hall–355OL1554047M

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Questions

How many pages is Sparkling Cyanide?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 357 pages.
How long does it take to read Sparkling Cyanide?
About 4 h 14 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Sparkling Cyanide?
Roughly 66,000 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)).