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How many pages is The Crisscross Shadow?

The Crisscross Shadow by Leslie McFarlane has a median of 177 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 156 to 177 pages.

Median pages
177
5 editions counted
Range
156–192
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
49k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Crisscross Shadow take you?

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Reading time
3 h 07 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.

1601801970198019901969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1972: 156 pages1976: 156 pages1996: 192 pagesmedian 177
1601801970198019901969: 177 pages1969: 177 pages1972: 156 pages1976: 156 pages1996: 192 pagesmedian 177
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 13 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1996Grosset & Dunlap–192OL7539903M
1976Armada Books–156OL22241298M
1972Collins–156OL15481593M
1969Grosset & Dunlap–177OL5682816M
1969Grosset & Dunlap–177OL23251488M

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Questions

How many pages is The Crisscross Shadow?
About 177 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 156 to 192 pages.
How long does it take to read The Crisscross Shadow?
About 3 h 07 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 Crisscross Shadow?
Roughly 49,000 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)).