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How many pages is Strangers On a Train?

Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith has a median of 256 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 255 to 280 pages.

Median pages
256
14 editions counted
Range
255–322
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 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.

2502753003251960198020001950: 322 pages1950: 299 pages1951: 278 pages1968: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1979: 256 pages1990: 306 pages1999: 272 pages2001: 256 pages2001: 281 pages2014: 256 pages2017: 256 pagesmedian 256
2502753003251950197520001950: 322 pages1950: 299 pages1951: 278 pages1968: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1974: 255 pages1979: 256 pages1990: 306 pages1999: 272 pages2001: 256 pages2001: 281 pages2014: 256 pages2017: 256 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 40 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017Norton & Company Limited, W. W.–256OL29267361M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–256OL33440386M
2001Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.–256OL29653314M
2001W.W. Norton–281OL3945908M
1999VintagePaperback272OL28426510M
1990Heinemann–306OL22046005M
1979Penguin (Non-Classics)–256OL7346294M
1974Penguin Books–255OL43751532M

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Questions

How many pages is Strangers On a Train?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 255 to 322 pages.
How long does it take to read Strangers On a Train?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Strangers On a Train?
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)).