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How many pages is The Wrong Number?

The Wrong Number by Robert Lawrence Stine has a median of 165 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 165 to 166 pages.

Median pages
165
6 editions counted
Range
165–176
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
45k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Wrong Number take you?

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Reading time
2 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

170180199019952000200520101990: 165 pages1990: 165 pages1994: 167 pages1995: 165 pages1999: 165 pages2012: 176 pagesmedian 165
1701801990200020101990: 165 pages1990: 165 pages1994: 167 pages1995: 165 pages1999: 165 pages2012: 176 pagesmedian 165
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 13 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Simon & Schuster, Limited–176OL33480601M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding165OL9407568M
1995Pocket Books–165OL22468041M
1994Pocket BooksPaperback167OL11077074M
1990Pocket Bookspaperback165OL24939092M
1990Archway–165OL20939163M

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Questions

How many pages is The Wrong Number?
About 165 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 165 to 176 pages.
How long does it take to read The Wrong Number?
About 2 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Wrong Number?
Roughly 45,000 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)).