Book · by Arthur Conan Doyle · first published 1930
How many pages is The Complete Sherlock Holmes?
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle has a median of 1,122 pages across 39 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 1,122 to 1,323 pages.
How long will The Complete Sherlock Holmes take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 1,122 | 13 | 19 h 47 min |
| Paperback | 1,122 | 6 | 19 h 47 min |
Editions counted
The 39 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were 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 118 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd. | – | 1,096 | OL38010883M |
| 2013 | MBI Publishing Company LLC | – | 1,200 | OL29156081M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 1,122 | OL28451647M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 1,136 | OL35467658M |
| 2007 | Midpoint Press | Hardcover | 1,125 | OL9689375M |
| 2006 | Wordsworth Editions | paperback | 1,408 | OL36625604M |
| 1996 | Wordsworth Editions | – | 1,136 | OL22150127M |
| 1994 | Bloomsbury Books | hardcover | 1,122 | OL18206251M |
| 1993 | Magpie Books | paperback | 1,122 | OL22640156M |
| 1989 | Diane Pub Co | Paperback | 1,126 | OL8150596M |
| 1988 | Doubleday & Company | Hardcover | 1,122 | OL8133350M |
| 1986 | Bantam Classics | Paperback | 944 | OL7825639M |
| 1984 | Hamlyn | – | 1,083 | OL15088631M |
| 1984 | Penguin | Paperback | 1,122 | OL17135495M |
| 1981 | Wm Collins & Sons & Co | – | 1,136 | OL7509162M |
| 1981 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 1,122 | OL20672681M |
| 1981 | BCA | – | 1,122 | OL18128662M |
| 1981 | Allen Lane | – | 1,122 | OL15165511M |
| 1970 | Doubleday | hardcover | 1,122 | OL15178275M |
| 1968 | J.Murray | – | 688 | OL21064092M |
| 1968 | Murray | – | 824 | OL17582325M |
| 1968 | J. Murray | – | 688 | OL20373845M |
| 1960 | Doubleday | – | 1,122 | OL5791767M |
| 1957 | Heritage Press | – | 1,777 | OL6227277M |
| 1953 | Doubleday | – | 1,323 | OL21503688M |
| 1953 | Doubleday | – | 1,323 | OL40241259M |
| 1952 | Garden City Books | – | 1,323 | OL6109076M |
| 1950 | Doubleday | – | 1,323 | OL5937787M |
| 1938 | Garden City Pub. Co. | – | 1,323 | OL6376171M |
| 1936 | Literary Guild | hardcover | 1,323 | OL36638621M |
| 1936 | Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc. | – | 1,323 | OL6346075M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | hardcover | 1,122 | OL36642069M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | Hardcover | 1,122 | OL47078405M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | hardcover | 1,122 | OL36638643M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | Hardcover | 1,122 | OL47068154M |
| 1930 | Garden City Books | Hardcover | 1,323 | OL47072748M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | Hardcover | 1,132 | OL43306242M |
| 1930 | Doubleday & Company | hardcover | 1,122 | OL36638971M |
| 1930 | Garden City Publishing Company | Hardcover | 1,323 | OL43039453M |
More by Arthur Conan Doyle
- 312 pagesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
- 162 pagesA Study in Scarlet
- 209 pagesThe Hound of the Baskervilles
- 259 pagesMemoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- 246 pagesThe Lost World
- 169 pagesThe Sign of Four
All 11 books by Arthur Conan Doyle with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is The Complete Sherlock Holmes?
- About 1,122 pages: that is the median of 39 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 688 to 1,777 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Complete Sherlock Holmes?
- About 19 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 40 days.
- How many words is The Complete Sherlock Holmes?
- Roughly 309,000 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)).