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Book · by Dorothy L. Sayers · first published 1988

How many pages is Whose Body??

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers has a median of 218 pages across 47 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 205 to 227 pages.

Median pages
218
47 editions counted
Range
140–355
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page
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Reading time
3 h 51 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.

200300194019601980200020201923: 278 pages1923: 252 pages1935: 288 pages1956: 252 pages1961: 192 pages1968: 203 pages1970: 252 pages1971: 288 pages1977: 203 pages1979: 355 pages1979: 355 pages1980: 192 pages1982: 203 pages1987: 252 pages1989: 192 pages1989: 203 pages1991: 252 pages1993: 252 pages1995: 224 pages2009: 140 pages2013: 212 pages2016: 224 pages2018: 230 pages2020: 168 pages2020: 218 pages2020: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 176 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 208 pages2021: 207 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 182 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 156 pages2021: 218 pagesmedian 218
200300195020001923: 278 pages1923: 252 pages1935: 288 pages1956: 252 pages1961: 192 pages1968: 203 pages1970: 252 pages1971: 288 pages1977: 203 pages1979: 355 pages1979: 355 pages1980: 192 pages1982: 203 pages1987: 252 pages1989: 192 pages1989: 203 pages1991: 252 pages1993: 252 pages1995: 224 pages2009: 140 pages2013: 212 pages2016: 224 pages2018: 230 pages2020: 168 pages2020: 218 pages2020: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 176 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 208 pages2021: 207 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 182 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 156 pages2021: 218 pagesmedian 218
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 47 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 319 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–218OL34337223M
2021Independently Published–218OL34281077M
2021Independently Published–218OL34342950M
2021Independently Published–176OL34135721M
2021Independently Published–218OL34253673M
2021Independently Published–218OL34339896M
2021Independently Published–218OL34301404M
2021Independently Published–208OL34285980M

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Questions

How many pages is Whose Body??
About 218 pages: that is the median of 47 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 140 to 355 pages.
How long does it take to read Whose Body??
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Whose Body??
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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).