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How many pages is They Came to Baghdad?

They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie has a median of 224 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 220 to 274 pages.

Median pages
224
23 editions counted
Range
192–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
62k
at 275 words per page

How long will They Came to Baghdad 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.

2003004001960198020001951: 260 pages1951: 218 pages1951: 218 pages1951: 256 pages1951: 256 pages1952: 215 pages1952: 215 pages1969: 221 pages1974: 221 pages1974: 221 pages1977: 192 pages1984: 233 pages1985: 218 pages1987: 290 pages1990: 384 pages1991: 384 pages2001: 256 pages2002: 288 pages2002: 288 pages2012: 376 pagesmedian 224
200300400197520001951: 260 pages1951: 218 pages1951: 218 pages1951: 256 pages1951: 256 pages1952: 215 pages1952: 215 pages1969: 221 pages1974: 221 pages1974: 221 pages1977: 192 pages1984: 233 pages1985: 218 pages1987: 290 pages1990: 384 pages1991: 384 pages2001: 256 pages2002: 288 pages2002: 288 pages2012: 376 pagesmedian 224
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 3 editions without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover25324 h 28 min
Paperback30825 h 26 min

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 95 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Ulverscroft–376OL31880499M
2002Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding288OL9565019M
2002St. Martin's PaperbacksMass Market Paperback288OL9527045M
2001HarperCollins Publishers–256OL7255967M
1991G K Hall & CoPaperback384OL9460999M
1990G.K. Hall–384OL2205115M
1987Dodd, Mead–290OL2738226M
1985Bantam Books, Inc.Hardcover218OL7826066M

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Questions

How many pages is They Came to Baghdad?
About 224 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read They Came to Baghdad?
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 They Came to Baghdad?
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)).