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How many pages is The Secret of Chimneys?

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie has a median of 250 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 224 to 310 pages.

Median pages
250
24 editions counted
Range
218–448
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
69k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Secret of Chimneys take you?

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Reading time
4 h 25 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.

200300400194019601980200020201925: 226 pages1925: 219 pages1925: 310 pages1941: 326 pages1964: 224 pages1971: 230 pages1972: 222 pages1978: 220 pages1978: 258 pages1978: 224 pages1978: 224 pages1983: 448 pages1986: 244 pages1986: 312 pages1987: 232 pages1996: 266 pages2001: 288 pages2004: 273 pages2013: 367 pages2016: 218 pages2016: 218 pages2020: 352 pages2021: 389 pagesmedian 250
200300400195020001925: 226 pages1925: 219 pages1925: 310 pages1941: 326 pages1964: 224 pages1971: 230 pages1972: 222 pages1978: 220 pages1978: 258 pages1978: 224 pages1978: 224 pages1983: 448 pages1986: 244 pages1986: 312 pages1987: 232 pages1996: 266 pages2001: 288 pages2004: 273 pages2013: 367 pages2016: 218 pages2016: 218 pages2020: 352 pages2021: 389 pagesmedian 250
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover33625 h 55 min
Mass market26624 h 41 min

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 121 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Peschel Press–389OL34964527M
2020HarperCollins Publishers–352OL29836286M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–218OL55564484M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–218OL55075176M
2013Center Point Large Print–367OL30660370M
2004Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaTurtleback273OL10943598M
2001St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback288OL9491102M
1996HarperCollins–266OL18823667M

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Questions

How many pages is The Secret of Chimneys?
About 250 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 218 to 448 pages.
How long does it take to read The Secret of Chimneys?
About 4 h 25 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 Secret of Chimneys?
Roughly 69,000 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)).