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How many pages is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon has a median of 260 pages across 27 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 226 to 284 pages.

Median pages
260
27 editions counted
Range
144–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
72k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 35 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.

2003002005201020152002: 226 pages2003: 296 pages2003: 240 pages2003: 226 pages2003: 296 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 271 pages2003: 226 pages2003: 226 pages2004: 226 pages2004: 240 pages2004: 279 pages2004: 226 pages2004: 268 pages2004: 288 pages2004: 272 pages2005: 304 pages2006: 240 pages2007: 260 pages2009: 240 pages2012: 304 pages2012: 242 pages2013: 144 pages2014: 288 pages2016: 144 pages2017: 288 pagesmedian 260
2003002005201020152002: 226 pages2003: 296 pages2003: 240 pages2003: 226 pages2003: 296 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 272 pages2003: 271 pages2003: 226 pages2003: 226 pages2004: 226 pages2004: 240 pages2004: 279 pages2004: 226 pages2004: 268 pages2004: 288 pages2004: 272 pages2005: 304 pages2006: 240 pages2007: 260 pages2009: 240 pages2012: 304 pages2012: 242 pages2013: 144 pages2014: 288 pages2016: 144 pages2017: 288 pagesmedian 260
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 27 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 108 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017David Fickling Books–288OL28489145M
2016Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–144OL34528918M
2014Penguin Random House–288OL28530362M
2013Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–144OL34482558M
2012Penguin Random House–304OL34470784M
2012Anchor Canadapaperback242OL27609627M
2009Anchor Canada–240OL50498625M
2007CornelsenPaperback260OL25775986M

Questions

How many pages is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?
About 260 pages: that is the median of 27 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?
About 4 h 35 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 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?
Roughly 72,000 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)).