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How many pages is Worth Dying For?

Worth Dying For by Lee Child has a median of 480 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 416 to 544 pages.

Median pages
480
6 editions counted
Range
384–544
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Worth Dying For 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
8 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

4005002008200920102011201220132010: 384 pages2010: 416 pages2010: 416 pages2010: 544 pages2011: 544 pages2011: 544 pagesmedian 480
4005002008201020122010: 384 pages2010: 416 pages2010: 416 pages2010: 544 pages2011: 544 pages2011: 544 pagesmedian 480
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 26 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Bantam Books–544OL28461469M
2011Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29038929M
2010Delacorte Press–384OL24356143M
2010Bantam Press–416OL29046111M
2010Bantam Press–416OL29021604M
2010Transworld Publishers Limited–544OL29037651M

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Questions

How many pages is Worth Dying For?
About 480 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 384 to 544 pages.
How long does it take to read Worth Dying For?
About 8 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Worth Dying For?
Roughly 132,000 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).