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How many pages is The Cuckoo's Calling?

The Cuckoo's Calling by J. K. Rowling has a median of 560 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 480 to 608 pages.

Median pages
560
9 editions counted
Range
449–768
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
154k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Cuckoo's Calling take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
9 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
20 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.

6008002013201420152016201720182013: 768 pages2013: 449 pages2013: 455 pages2014: 560 pages2014: 662 pages2015: 608 pages2017: 560 pages2018: 480 pages2018: 608 pagesmedian 560
6008002014201620182013: 768 pages2013: 449 pages2013: 455 pages2014: 560 pages2014: 662 pages2015: 608 pages2017: 560 pages2018: 480 pages2018: 608 pagesmedian 560
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018Little Brown & Company–480OL29788820M
2018Little Brown & Company–608OL29787342M
2017Spherepaperback560OL32748638M
2015Little Brown & Company–608OL29717663M
2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited–560OL29508351M
2014W F Howes Ltdpaperback662OL33870353M
2013Little Brown & Company–768OL29679147M
2013SpherePaperback449OL28190471M

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Questions

How many pages is The Cuckoo's Calling?
About 560 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 449 to 768 pages.
How long does it take to read The Cuckoo's Calling?
About 9 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is The Cuckoo's Calling?
Roughly 154,000 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)).