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How many pages is The Moving Finger?

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie has a median of 204 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 190 to 256 pages.

Median pages
204
32 editions counted
Range
124–331
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
56k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Moving Finger take you?

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Reading time
3 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.

1002003001960198020001942: 229 pages1942: 229 pages1952: 194 pages1961: 160 pages1968: 189 pages1968: 262 pages1968: 255 pages1970: 331 pages1972: 196 pages1981: 154 pages1981: 175 pages1982: 160 pages1982: 190 pages1982: 192 pages1983: 181 pages1984: 200 pages1985: 255 pages1986: 195 pages1989: 259 pages1990: 331 pages1994: 224 pages2000: 217 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 299 pages2005: 160 pages2007: 208 pages2010: 292 pages2011: 287 pages2016: 124 pages2016: 320 pagesmedian 204
1002003001950197520001942: 229 pages1942: 229 pages1952: 194 pages1961: 160 pages1968: 189 pages1968: 262 pages1968: 255 pages1970: 331 pages1972: 196 pages1981: 154 pages1981: 175 pages1982: 160 pages1982: 190 pages1982: 192 pages1983: 181 pages1984: 200 pages1985: 255 pages1986: 195 pages1989: 259 pages1990: 331 pages1994: 224 pages2000: 217 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 299 pages2005: 160 pages2007: 208 pages2010: 292 pages2011: 287 pages2016: 124 pages2016: 320 pagesmedian 204
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 119 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–124OL56420339M
2016Harper–320OL32519640M
2011Center Point Pub.–287OL25170159M
2010Ulverscroft–292OL32127077M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover208OL8756693M
2005The Crime Club–160OL7264192M
2002Ted Smart–299OL22143524M
2000HarperCollins–217OL18427945M

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Questions

How many pages is The Moving Finger?
About 204 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 124 to 331 pages.
How long does it take to read The Moving Finger?
About 3 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Moving Finger?
Roughly 56,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).