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Book · by Mary Higgins Clark · first published 1989

How many pages is While My Pretty One Sleeps?

While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark has a median of 318 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 267 to 346 pages.

Median pages
318
9 editions counted
Range
266–528
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
87k
at 275 words per page

How long will While My Pretty One Sleeps 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
5 h 36 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300400500199019952000200520101989: 318 pages1989: 266 pages1989: 319 pages1990: 346 pages1990: 267 pages1990: 395 pages2001: 266 pages2009: 528 pages2010: 318 pagesmedian 318
3004005001990200020101989: 318 pages1989: 266 pages1989: 319 pages1990: 346 pages1990: 267 pages1990: 395 pages2001: 266 pages2009: 528 pages2010: 318 pagesmedian 318
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Pocket Books–318OL26344139M
2009PocketPaperback528OL8457086M
2001Century–266OL15525486M
1990Magna Print–346OL22303344M
1990Arrow–267OL19314627M
1990Thorndike-Magna–395OL2199617M
1989Simon and Schuster–318OL2187912M
1989Century–266OL18216476M

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Questions

How many pages is While My Pretty One Sleeps?
About 318 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 266 to 528 pages.
How long does it take to read While My Pretty One Sleeps?
About 5 h 36 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is While My Pretty One Sleeps?
Roughly 87,000 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)).