How many words are in Beloved?

Beloved by Toni Morrison is approximately 109,211 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 7 hr 39 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1987, it sits in the Literary Fiction category.

Typical literary fiction novels run 70,000–100,000 words, with a sweet spot around 80,000–90,000. At 109,211 words, Beloved runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.