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How many pages is The Clocks?

The Clocks by Agatha Christie has a median of 256 pages across 21 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 246 to 311 pages.

Median pages
256
21 editions counted
Range
214–438
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Clocks take you?

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Reading time
4 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2003004001980200020201963: 276 pages1963: 256 pages1963: 438 pages1963: 226 pages1964: 276 pages1965: 246 pages1965: 246 pages1967: 221 pages1968: 226 pages1969: 417 pages1970: 432 pages1973: 246 pages1986: 246 pages1991: 275 pages2004: 257 pages2009: 256 pages2013: 351 pages2015: 256 pages2015: 311 pages2016: 214 pages2024: 320 pagesmedian 256
200300400197520001963: 276 pages1963: 256 pages1963: 438 pages1963: 226 pages1964: 276 pages1965: 246 pages1965: 246 pages1967: 221 pages1968: 226 pages1969: 417 pages1970: 432 pages1973: 246 pages1986: 246 pages1991: 275 pages2004: 257 pages2009: 256 pages2013: 351 pages2015: 256 pages2015: 311 pages2016: 214 pages2024: 320 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 21 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 99 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024HarperCollins Publishers–320OL56871667M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–214OL54650044M
2015Harper–256OL7261633M
2015Harper–311OL29575304M
2013Center Point Large Print–351OL30661359M
2009HarperCollins Publishers Limited–256OL28437634M
2004Berkley–257OL7504496M
1991HarperPaperbacks–275OL24940056M

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Questions

How many pages is The Clocks?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 21 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 214 to 438 pages.
How long does it take to read The Clocks?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Clocks?
Roughly 70,000 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)).