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How many pages is The Stranger Beside Me?

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule has a median of 498 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 456 to 528 pages.

Median pages
498
9 editions counted
Range
350–883
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
9.6h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
137k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Stranger Beside Me take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
9 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
20 days
At 1 hour a day
10 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060080019801990200020101980: 350 pages1986: 442 pages1989: 498 pages1989: 498 pages1994: 498 pages2000: 883 pages2000: 456 pages2001: 560 pages2019: 528 pagesmedian 498
400600800198020001980: 350 pages1986: 442 pages1989: 498 pages1989: 498 pages1994: 498 pages2000: 883 pages2000: 456 pages2001: 560 pages2019: 528 pagesmedian 498
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 28 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Little, Brown Book Group Limited–528OL28723791M
2001Signet–560OL7574320M
2000Thorndike Press–883OL6788833M
2000W. W. Norton & Company–456OL7451760M
1994Warner–498OL21019232M
1989Signet–498OL20940345M
1989New American Library–498OL18819127M
1986New American Library–442OL18441672M

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Questions

How many pages is The Stranger Beside Me?
About 498 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 350 to 883 pages.
How long does it take to read The Stranger Beside Me?
About 9 h 35 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 20 days.
How many words is The Stranger Beside Me?
Roughly 137,000 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)).