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How many pages is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré has a median of 369 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 354 to 406 pages.

Median pages
369
12 editions counted
Range
317–660
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page
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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 30 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.

40060019801990200020101974: 355 pages1974: 660 pages1974: 349 pages1975: 317 pages1975: 369 pages1975: 369 pages1975: 369 pages1984: 369 pages1991: 352 pages2000: 448 pages2002: 400 pages2011: 422 pagesmedian 369
400600198020001974: 355 pages1974: 660 pages1974: 349 pages1975: 317 pages1975: 369 pages1975: 369 pages1975: 369 pages1984: 369 pages1991: 352 pages2000: 448 pages2002: 400 pages2011: 422 pagesmedian 369
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

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
Hardcover35236 h 12 min
Paperback36976 h 30 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 23 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011SceptrePaperback422OL25286109M
2002ScribnerPaperback400OL7950447M
2000PocketPaperback448OL7645333M
1991Hodder & Stoughton LtdHardcover352OL10616696M
1984BantamPaperback369OL7823554M
1975Pan Books–317OL20299199M
1975Bantam BooksPaperback369OL24222046M
1975Bantam BooksPaperback369OL19015689M

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Questions

How many pages is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
About 369 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 317 to 660 pages.
How long does it take to read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
About 6 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
Roughly 101,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).