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How many pages is The Whistler?

The Whistler by John Grisham has a median of 384 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 363 to 384 pages.

Median pages
384
7 editions counted
Range
256–432
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Whistler 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
6 h 46 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3004002014201520162017201820192016: 384 pages2016: 374 pages2016: 384 pages2016: 352 pages2017: 256 pages2017: 384 pages2017: 432 pagesmedian 384
3004002014201620182016: 384 pages2016: 374 pages2016: 384 pages2016: 352 pages2017: 256 pages2017: 384 pages2017: 432 pagesmedian 384
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 21 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–256OL29770092M
2017Hodder & Stoughton–384OL29317636M
2017Bantam BooksPaperback432OL26573853M
2016Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group–384OL29737524M
2016––374OL26432602M
2016Hodder & Stoughton–384OL29318054M
2016Hodder & Stoughton–352OL29316174M

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Questions

How many pages is The Whistler?
About 384 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 256 to 432 pages.
How long does it take to read The Whistler?
About 6 h 46 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is The Whistler?
Roughly 106,000 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)).