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How many pages is The Hidden Staircase?

The Hidden Staircase by Leslie McFarlane has a median of 185 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 182 to 196 pages.

Median pages
185
14 editions counted
Range
128–206
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
51k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Hidden Staircase 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
3 h 16 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.

15020019401960198020001930: 206 pages1959: 198 pages1959: 198 pages1959: 182 pages1959: 182 pages1973: 160 pages1978: 182 pages1990: 192 pages1991: 206 pages1992: 182 pages2002: 182 pages2006: 128 pages2009: 188 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 185
150200195020001930: 206 pages1959: 198 pages1959: 198 pages1959: 182 pages1959: 182 pages1973: 160 pages1978: 182 pages1990: 192 pages1991: 206 pages1992: 182 pages2002: 182 pages2006: 128 pages2009: 188 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 185
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Grosset & Dunlap–192OL28522891M
2009Read Books–188OL53904843M
2006Chronicle BooksPaperback128OL8002957M
2002Grosset & Dunlap–182OL17080687M
1992Scholastic–182OL7541281M
1991Applewood Books–206OL1564984M
1990Grosset & Dunlap–192OL7539952M
1978Grosset & Dunlap–182OL7562115M

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Questions

How many pages is The Hidden Staircase?
About 185 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 206 pages.
How long does it take to read The Hidden Staircase?
About 3 h 16 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 Hidden Staircase?
Roughly 51,000 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)).