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How many pages is Taken at the Flood?

Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 234 pages.

Median pages
224
24 editions counted
Range
190–386
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will Taken at the Flood 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
3 h 57 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2003004001960198020001948: 242 pages1948: 242 pages1948: 226 pages1950: 192 pages1961: 192 pages1961: 224 pages1970: 192 pages1970: 192 pages1974: 191 pages1975: 200 pages1977: 224 pages1978: 192 pages1982: 190 pages1984: 220 pages1984: 231 pages1985: 192 pages1989: 386 pages1992: 374 pages2000: 224 pages2004: 231 pages2008: 192 pages2015: 288 pages2016: 288 pagesmedian 224
2003004001950197520001948: 242 pages1948: 242 pages1948: 226 pages1950: 192 pages1961: 192 pages1961: 224 pages1970: 192 pages1970: 192 pages1974: 191 pages1975: 200 pages1977: 224 pages1978: 192 pages1982: 190 pages1984: 220 pages1984: 231 pages1985: 192 pages1989: 386 pages1992: 374 pages2000: 224 pages2004: 231 pages2008: 192 pages2015: 288 pages2016: 288 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 85 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016William Morrow–288OL28756494M
2015Harper–288OL28562905M
2008HarperCollins Publishers Limited–192OL28436876M
2004Berkley–231OL7501854M
2000HarperCollins Publishers–224OL7255969M
1992Macmillan Publishing CompanyPaperback374OL9725162M
1989Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover386OL8299509M
1985Collins–192OL22901757M

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Questions

How many pages is Taken at the Flood?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 190 to 386 pages.
How long does it take to read Taken at the Flood?
About 3 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Taken at the Flood?
Roughly 62,000 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)).