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How many pages is The Labours of Hercules?

The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie has a median of 264 pages across 26 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 256 to 319 pages.

Median pages
264
26 editions counted
Range
246–467
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
73k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Labours of Hercules take you?

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Reading time
4 h 39 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.

3004005001960198020001947: 256 pages1947: 265 pages1947: 265 pages1955: 258 pages1957: 254 pages1958: 258 pages1959: 255 pages1959: 255 pages1961: 256 pages1964: 258 pages1967: 319 pages1967: 319 pages1968: 258 pages1968: 255 pages1972: 255 pages1978: 467 pages1978: 467 pages1978: 467 pages1984: 246 pages1985: 284 pages1992: 431 pages1993: 330 pages1996: 284 pages2000: 284 pages2004: 263 pages2014: 399 pagesmedian 264
3004005001950197520001947: 256 pages1947: 265 pages1947: 265 pages1955: 258 pages1957: 254 pages1958: 258 pages1959: 255 pages1959: 255 pages1961: 256 pages1964: 258 pages1967: 319 pages1967: 319 pages1968: 258 pages1968: 255 pages1972: 255 pages1978: 467 pages1978: 467 pages1978: 467 pages1984: 246 pages1985: 284 pages1992: 431 pages1993: 330 pages1996: 284 pages2000: 284 pages2004: 263 pages2014: 399 pagesmedian 264
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 26 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 89 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Center Point Large Print–399OL31017887M
2004Berkley–263OL7501842M
2000HarperCollins–284OL20188592M
1996HarperCollins–284OL19952056M
1993Putnam–330OL1706965M
1992G.K. Hall–431OL1551310M
1985Fontana–284OL18131892M
1984Berkley–246OL24518425M

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Questions

How many pages is The Labours of Hercules?
About 264 pages: that is the median of 26 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 246 to 467 pages.
How long does it take to read The Labours of Hercules?
About 4 h 39 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 Labours of Hercules?
Roughly 73,000 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)).