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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Anonymous is about 93,639 words — roughly 326 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 6 h 33 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 374 | 444 | 546 | 1 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 300 | 372 | 428 | 0.838 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 272 | 326 | 382 | 0.734 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 254 | 310 | 362 | 0.698 in |
Based on an estimated 93,639 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Detective and mystery stories
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #12758) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.