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How many pages is The Mystery of the Blue Train?

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie has a median of 286 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 320 pages.

Median pages
286
29 editions counted
Range
156–558
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Mystery of the Blue Train 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
5 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

200400600194019601980200020201928: 306 pages1928: 306 pages1955: 246 pages1966: 194 pages1973: 286 pages1973: 256 pages1976: 558 pages1976: 423 pages1976: 423 pages1979: 220 pages1981: 224 pages1981: 156 pages1987: 226 pages1991: 399 pages1991: 216 pages1994: 224 pages1995: 232 pages1997: 232 pages1999: 306 pages2000: 288 pages2006: 339 pages2007: 320 pages2010: 372 pages2012: 264 pages2014: 351 pages2015: 307 pages2019: 288 pages2024: 170 pagesmedian 286
200400600195020001928: 306 pages1928: 306 pages1955: 246 pages1966: 194 pages1973: 286 pages1973: 256 pages1976: 558 pages1976: 423 pages1976: 423 pages1979: 220 pages1981: 224 pages1981: 156 pages1987: 226 pages1991: 399 pages1991: 216 pages1994: 224 pages1995: 232 pages1997: 232 pages1999: 306 pages2000: 288 pages2006: 339 pages2007: 320 pages2010: 372 pages2012: 264 pages2014: 351 pages2015: 307 pages2019: 288 pages2024: 170 pagesmedian 286
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 124 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024Digireads.com Publishing–170OL53393355M
2019HarperCollins Publishers Limited–288OL28696590M
2015Harper–307OL28420200M
2014Center Point Large Print–351OL31157554M
2012––264OL58633724M
2010Ulverscroft–372OL32127988M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover320OL8756694M
2006Berkley–339OL7505495M

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Questions

How many pages is The Mystery of the Blue Train?
About 286 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 156 to 558 pages.
How long does it take to read The Mystery of the Blue Train?
About 5 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Mystery of the Blue Train?
Roughly 79,000 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)).