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Book · by Dean Koontz · first published 1999

How many pages is The Bad Place?

The Bad Place by Dean Koontz has a median of 390 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 381 to 420 pages.

Median pages
390
12 editions counted
Range
381–612
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
107k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Bad Place 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
6 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600199019952000200520101990: 390 pages1990: 612 pages1990: 382 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 417 pages1990: 381 pages1991: 500 pages1991: 390 pages2004: 427 pages2012: 400 pagesmedian 390
4005006001990200020101990: 390 pages1990: 612 pages1990: 382 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 381 pages1990: 417 pages1990: 381 pages1991: 500 pages1991: 390 pages2004: 427 pages2012: 400 pagesmedian 390
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 53 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Penguin Publishing Group–400OL29605677M
2004Berkley Books–427OL3390964M
1991Headline Feature–500OL18211136M
1991BCA–390OL39489267M
1990Guild Publishing–390OL45875522M
1990Thorndike-Magna–612OL1881998M
1990G. P. Putnam's Sons–382OL39482404M
1990G. P. Putnam's Sons–381OL39489278M

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Questions

How many pages is The Bad Place?
About 390 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 381 to 612 pages.
How long does it take to read The Bad Place?
About 6 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Bad Place?
Roughly 107,000 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)).