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How many pages is The Client?

The Client by John Grisham has a median of 520 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 467 to 566 pages.

Median pages
520
14 editions counted
Range
401–710
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
143k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
9 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
19 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060019952000200520101993: 464 pages1993: 422 pages1993: 401 pages1993: 512 pages1993: 422 pages1994: 566 pages1994: 529 pages1995: 536 pages1999: 566 pages2004: 710 pages2005: 482 pages2008: 475 pages2012: 566 pages2013: 640 pagesmedian 520
400600200020101993: 464 pages1993: 422 pages1993: 401 pages1993: 512 pages1993: 422 pages1994: 566 pages1994: 529 pages1995: 536 pages1999: 566 pages2004: 710 pages2005: 482 pages2008: 475 pages2012: 566 pages2013: 640 pagesmedian 520
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
Hardcover48428 h 31 min
Paperback44327 h 49 min
Mass market53949 h 30 min

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 80 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2013Penguin Random House–640OL28448244M
2012DellMass Market Paperback566OL29216976M
2008Robert LaffontMass Market Paperback475OL31891804M
2005Bantam Dell–482OL3433820M
2004Random House Large Print–710OL3307116M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding566OL9472948M
1995Chivers–536OL17187119M
1994IslandMass Market Paperback566OL31891832M

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Questions

How many pages is The Client?
About 520 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 401 to 710 pages.
How long does it take to read The Client?
About 9 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 19 days.
How many words is The Client?
Roughly 143,000 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)).