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How many pages is The Man in the Brown Suit?

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie has a median of 238 pages across 31 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 204 to 288 pages.

Median pages
238
31 editions counted
Range
128–416
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
65k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 12 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.

100200300400194019601980200020201924: 275 pages1953: 189 pages1958: 190 pages1966: 258 pages1968: 192 pages1970: 190 pages1970: 223 pages1970: 223 pages1978: 190 pages1982: 223 pages1982: 192 pages1984: 416 pages1984: 240 pages1987: 238 pages1988: 238 pages2001: 288 pages2005: 128 pages2007: 320 pages2013: 356 pages2017: 252 pages2020: 336 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 200 pages2020: 240 pages2021: 289 pages2021: 226 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 208 pages2021: 329 pages2022: 344 pages2024: 212 pagesmedian 238
100200300400195020001924: 275 pages1953: 189 pages1958: 190 pages1966: 258 pages1968: 192 pages1970: 190 pages1970: 223 pages1970: 223 pages1978: 190 pages1982: 223 pages1982: 192 pages1984: 416 pages1984: 240 pages1987: 238 pages1988: 238 pages2001: 288 pages2005: 128 pages2007: 320 pages2013: 356 pages2017: 252 pages2020: 336 pages2020: 288 pages2020: 200 pages2020: 240 pages2021: 289 pages2021: 226 pages2021: 247 pages2021: 208 pages2021: 329 pages2022: 344 pages2024: 212 pagesmedian 238
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover36826 h 29 min
Paperback19243 h 23 min
Mass market25624 h 30 min

Editions counted

The 31 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 201 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024AD Classic–212OL53393906M
2022Peschel Press–344OL37734666M
2021Independently Published–289OL34330808M
2021Independently Published–226OL34239351M
2021Independently Published–247OL34204535M
2021West Margin Press–208OL33922432M
2021Independently Published–329OL34294211M
2020William Morrow–336OL29834472M

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Questions

How many pages is The Man in the Brown Suit?
About 238 pages: that is the median of 31 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 416 pages.
How long does it take to read The Man in the Brown Suit?
About 4 h 12 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 Man in the Brown Suit?
Roughly 65,000 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)).