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How many pages is The Thirteen Problems?

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 212 to 256 pages.

Median pages
224
17 editions counted
Range
187–358
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 Thirteen Problems take you?

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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.

20030019401960198020001932: 222 pages1932: 250 pages1933: 253 pages1953: 224 pages1960: 250 pages1960: 212 pages1967: 192 pages1971: 194 pages1977: 187 pages1984: 212 pages1989: 358 pages2000: 215 pages2004: 224 pages2005: 262 pages2007: 256 pages2010: 315 pages2010: 320 pagesmedian 224
200300195020001932: 222 pages1932: 250 pages1933: 253 pages1953: 224 pages1960: 250 pages1960: 212 pages1967: 192 pages1971: 194 pages1977: 187 pages1984: 212 pages1989: 358 pages2000: 215 pages2004: 224 pages2005: 262 pages2007: 256 pages2010: 315 pages2010: 320 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 93 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Ulverscroft–315OL32769350M
2010HarperCollins Publishers Limited–320OL34452152M
2007Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover256OL8756689M
2005The Sign of a Crime Club Book–262OL59076444M
2004SignetPaperback224OL7574245M
2000Signet–215OL23036948M
1989Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover358OL9422528M
1984Berkley Books–212OL1514929M

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Questions

How many pages is The Thirteen Problems?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 358 pages.
How long does it take to read The Thirteen Problems?
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 Thirteen Problems?
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)).