How many words are in Don Quixote?

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is approximately 427,246 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 29 hr 55 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1605, 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 427,246 words, Don Quixote runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.