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How many pages is The Sittaford Mystery?

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 202 to 257 pages.

Median pages
224
22 editions counted
Range
190–386
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Sittaford Mystery 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
3 h 57 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.

20030040019401960198020001931: 240 pages1931: 308 pages1949: 255 pages1958: 192 pages1961: 191 pages1962: 224 pages1966: 224 pages1971: 192 pages1971: 190 pages1974: 258 pages1976: 224 pages1978: 191 pages1980: 203 pages1983: 224 pages1984: 201 pages1984: 240 pages1987: 275 pages1987: 386 pages1994: 224 pages1996: 219 pages2001: 288 pages2012: 271 pagesmedian 224
200300400195020001931: 240 pages1931: 308 pages1949: 255 pages1958: 192 pages1961: 191 pages1962: 224 pages1966: 224 pages1971: 192 pages1971: 190 pages1974: 258 pages1976: 224 pages1978: 191 pages1980: 203 pages1983: 224 pages1984: 201 pages1984: 240 pages1987: 275 pages1987: 386 pages1994: 224 pages1996: 219 pages2001: 288 pages2012: 271 pagesmedian 224
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
Hardcover30835 h 26 min
Paperback23244 h 05 min
Mass market25424 h 28 min

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 90 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012William Morrow–271OL27184218M
2001St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback288OL9629563M
1996Librairie des Champs-ElyséesMass Market Paperback219OL12520621M
1994HarperCollinsPaperback224OL24941187M
1987Dodd, Mead–275OL2738214M
1987Ulverscroft Large PrintLibrary binding386OL8299529M
1984Bantam BooksHardcover201OL7826058M
1984BerkleyPaperback240OL7502833M

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Questions

How many pages is The Sittaford Mystery?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 190 to 386 pages.
How long does it take to read The Sittaford Mystery?
About 3 h 57 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 Sittaford Mystery?
Roughly 62,000 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)).