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Book · by Sandra Brown · first published 1999

How many pages is The Alibi?

The Alibi by Sandra Brown has a median of 572 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 527 to 604 pages.

Median pages
572
11 editions counted
Range
378–838
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
10h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
157k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Alibi 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
10 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
21 days
At 1 hour a day
11 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060080020002005201020151999: 490 pages1999: 490 pages1999: 838 pages1999: 615 pages1999: 378 pages2000: 564 pages2000: 592 pages2006: 564 pages2006: 572 pages2007: 618 pages2015: 581 pagesmedian 572
400600800200020101999: 490 pages1999: 490 pages1999: 838 pages1999: 615 pages1999: 378 pages2000: 564 pages2000: 592 pages2006: 564 pages2006: 572 pages2007: 618 pages2015: 581 pagesmedian 572
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover615510 h 50 min
Mass market572310 h 05 min

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Grand Central PublishingMass Market Paperback581OL26408834M
2007CharnwoodHardcover618OL30128844M
2006Grand Central Publishing–564OL7537930M
2006HodderMass Market Paperback572OL10677014M
2000Warner BooksMass Market Paperback564OL20786529M
2000Grand Central Publishing–592OL7537619M
1999Warner BooksHardcover490OL40625M
1999Warner Books–490OL23243403M

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Questions

How many pages is The Alibi?
About 572 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 378 to 838 pages.
How long does it take to read The Alibi?
About 10 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 21 days.
How many words is The Alibi?
Roughly 157,000 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)).