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How many pages is The Body in the Library?

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie has a median of 192 pages across 30 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 160 to 224 pages.

Median pages
192
30 editions counted
Range
92–305
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Body in the Library take you?

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Reading time
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 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.

1002003001960198020001942: 245 pages1959: 158 pages1962: 191 pages1964: 162 pages1965: 160 pages1970: 192 pages1971: 160 pages1972: 305 pages1973: 162 pages1975: 192 pages1980: 160 pages1985: 198 pages1986: 159 pages1988: 267 pages1989: 198 pages1990: 176 pages1992: 224 pages1994: 224 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 218 pages2000: 224 pages2001: 214 pages2002: 224 pages2005: 160 pages2006: 191 pages2011: 255 pages2015: 92 pages2017: 146 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 192
100200300195020001942: 245 pages1959: 158 pages1962: 191 pages1964: 162 pages1965: 160 pages1970: 192 pages1971: 160 pages1972: 305 pages1973: 162 pages1975: 192 pages1980: 160 pages1985: 198 pages1986: 159 pages1988: 267 pages1989: 198 pages1990: 176 pages1992: 224 pages1994: 224 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 218 pages2000: 224 pages2001: 214 pages2002: 224 pages2005: 160 pages2006: 191 pages2011: 255 pages2015: 92 pages2017: 146 pages2019: 224 pagesmedian 192
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 30 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 127 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019HarperCollins Publishers Limited–224OL35556036M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–146OL55338059M
2015Pearson Education, Limited–92OL29309681M
2011Center Point Pub.–255OL30515351M
2006Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers–191OL24962461M
2005HarperCollins Publishershardcover160OL38232771M
2002Harper–224OL7261609M
2001Compass–214OL32081648M

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Questions

How many pages is The Body in the Library?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 30 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 92 to 305 pages.
How long does it take to read The Body in the Library?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is The Body in the Library?
Roughly 53,000 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).