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Book · by Dorothy L. Sayers · first published 1959

How many pages is The Nine Tailors?

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers has a median of 331 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 299 to 397 pages.

Median pages
331
25 editions counted
Range
255–504
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
91k
at 275 words per page
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How long will The Nine Tailors 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 50 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

300400500194019601980200020201934: 350 pages1934: 331 pages1934: 331 pages1962: 331 pages1962: 294 pages1962: 397 pages1962: 280 pages1962: 280 pages1962: 397 pages1966: 420 pages1968: 255 pages1969: 255 pages1972: 281 pages1978: 350 pages1981: 492 pages1982: 299 pages1984: 311 pages1988: 374 pages1988: 299 pages1989: 397 pages1993: 504 pages1998: 303 pages2004: 397 pages2016: 384 pages2020: 344 pagesmedian 331
300400500195020001934: 350 pages1934: 331 pages1934: 331 pages1962: 331 pages1962: 294 pages1962: 397 pages1962: 280 pages1962: 280 pages1962: 397 pages1966: 420 pages1968: 255 pages1969: 255 pages1972: 281 pages1978: 350 pages1981: 492 pages1982: 299 pages1984: 311 pages1988: 374 pages1988: 299 pages1989: 397 pages1993: 504 pages1998: 303 pages2004: 397 pages2016: 384 pages2020: 344 pagesmedian 331
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 70 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–344OL29969746M
2016Hodder & Stoughton–384OL29318157M
2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaTurtleback397OL10943854M
1998The Folio Society–303OL19802008M
1993Chivers–504OL21365291M
1989Harcourt Brace Jovanovich–397OL2214998M
1988New English Library, Hodder & Stoughton–374OL22599732M
1988Hodder and Stoughton–299OL31884158M

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Questions

How many pages is The Nine Tailors?
About 331 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 255 to 504 pages.
How long does it take to read The Nine Tailors?
About 5 h 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Nine Tailors?
Roughly 91,000 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).