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How many pages is The Hollow?

The Hollow by Agatha Christie has a median of 255 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 232 to 279 pages.

Median pages
255
31 editions counted
Range
190–431
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 30 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

2003004001960198020001946: 194 pages1946: 279 pages1946: 203 pages1946: 256 pages1946: 279 pages1948: 280 pages1957: 190 pages1960: 255 pages1965: 255 pages1968: 192 pages1969: 194 pages1969: 255 pages1973: 258 pages1976: 219 pages1976: 255 pages1978: 256 pages1978: 255 pages1979: 190 pages1982: 233 pages1984: 264 pages1984: 231 pages1985: 272 pages1986: 232 pages1989: 431 pages1991: 411 pages1991: 411 pages1992: 411 pages2007: 288 pages2015: 308 pages2015: 240 pagesmedian 255
2003004001950197520001946: 194 pages1946: 279 pages1946: 203 pages1946: 256 pages1946: 279 pages1948: 280 pages1957: 190 pages1960: 255 pages1965: 255 pages1968: 192 pages1969: 194 pages1969: 255 pages1973: 258 pages1976: 219 pages1976: 255 pages1978: 256 pages1978: 255 pages1979: 190 pages1982: 233 pages1984: 264 pages1984: 231 pages1985: 272 pages1986: 232 pages1989: 431 pages1991: 411 pages1991: 411 pages1992: 411 pages2007: 288 pages2015: 308 pages2015: 240 pagesmedian 255
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover41137 h 15 min
Paperback25534 h 30 min
Mass market25624 h 30 min

Editions counted

The 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 107 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Harper–308OL28204192M
2015Harper–240OL7261626M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover288OL8756712M
1992G K Hall & CoPaperback411OL11361862M
1991G.K. Hall–411OL1886139M
1991G. K. Hall & CompanyHardcover411OL9817946M
1989Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover431OL8299551M
1986Bantam–232OL24959516M

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Questions

How many pages is The Hollow?
About 255 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 190 to 431 pages.
How long does it take to read The Hollow?
About 4 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Hollow?
Roughly 70,000 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)).