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How many pages is Where Are the Children??

Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark has a median of 268 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 208 to 289 pages.

Median pages
268
15 editions counted
Range
176–304
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
74k
at 275 words per page

How long will Where Are the Children? 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
4 h 43 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2002503001980199020001975: 290 pages1975: 290 pages1975: 223 pages1975: 192 pages1976: 191 pages1979: 272 pages1980: 191 pages1984: 245 pages1992: 304 pages1992: 290 pages1997: 176 pages1999: 268 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 254 pages2005: 288 pagesmedian 268
2002503001980199020001975: 290 pages1975: 290 pages1975: 223 pages1975: 192 pages1976: 191 pages1979: 272 pages1980: 191 pages1984: 245 pages1992: 304 pages1992: 290 pages1997: 176 pages1999: 268 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 254 pages2005: 288 pagesmedian 268
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2005Pocket Books–288OL3474155M
2001ImPress–254OL3940633M
2000Simon & Schuster–272OL29560307M
1999Simon & Schuster–268OL390143M
1997Pocket Books–176OL17849643M
1992PocketMass Market Paperback304OL7663896M
1992Pocket Books–290OL22901876M
1984Charnwood–245OL18420779M

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Questions

How many pages is Where Are the Children??
About 268 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 176 to 304 pages.
How long does it take to read Where Are the Children??
About 4 h 43 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Where Are the Children??
Roughly 74,000 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)).