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How many pages is The Affair?

The Affair by Lee Child has a median of 491 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 432 to 544 pages.

Median pages
491
8 editions counted
Range
405–560
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
135k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Affair 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 39 min
At 30 min a day
18 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.

400500201220142016201820202011: 405 pages2011: 544 pages2011: 432 pages2011: 440 pages2012: 542 pages2012: 544 pages2012: 560 pages2020: 432 pagesmedian 491
400500201520202011: 405 pages2011: 544 pages2011: 432 pages2011: 440 pages2012: 542 pages2012: 544 pages2012: 560 pages2020: 432 pagesmedian 491
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Bantam Books–432OL30206391M
2012Dellpaperback542OL32441989M
2012Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29090583M
2012Bantam Books–560OL28479958M
2011Delacorte Press–405OL24848130M
2011Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29065659M
2011Bantam Press–432OL29063116M
2011Bantam Press–440OL29069114M

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Questions

How many pages is The Affair?
About 491 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 405 to 560 pages.
How long does it take to read The Affair?
About 8 h 39 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is The Affair?
Roughly 135,000 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).