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How many pages is Towards Zero?

Towards Zero by Agatha Christie has a median of 220 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 242 pages.

Median pages
220
22 editions counted
Range
160–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will Towards Zero take you?

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Reading time
3 h 53 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.

2003004001960198020001944: 242 pages1944: 242 pages1947: 224 pages1947: 201 pages1957: 166 pages1959: 194 pages1961: 194 pages1966: 160 pages1972: 184 pages1972: 346 pages1973: 220 pages1974: 220 pages1976: 184 pages1977: 192 pages1983: 178 pages1986: 242 pages1988: 316 pages1991: 200 pages2001: 288 pages2001: 276 pages2002: 400 pages2011: 233 pagesmedian 220
2003004001950197520001944: 242 pages1944: 242 pages1947: 224 pages1947: 201 pages1957: 166 pages1959: 194 pages1961: 194 pages1966: 160 pages1972: 184 pages1972: 346 pages1973: 220 pages1974: 220 pages1976: 184 pages1977: 192 pages1983: 178 pages1986: 242 pages1988: 316 pages1991: 200 pages2001: 288 pages2001: 276 pages2002: 400 pages2011: 233 pagesmedian 220
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 95 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011William Morrow Paperbackspaperback233OL27631132M
2002Harper–400OL7262027M
2001St. Martin's MinotaurMass Market Paperback288OL9441968M
2001St. Martin's Paperbacks–276OL18353887M
1991BerkleyMass Market Paperback200OL7503340M
1988G.K. Hall–316OL2035794M
1986Dodd, Mead–242OL23258492M
1983Bantam BooksHardcover178OL7826049M

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Questions

How many pages is Towards Zero?
About 220 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read Towards Zero?
About 3 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Towards Zero?
Roughly 60,000 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)).