How many words are in Gulliver's Travels?
by Jonathan Swift · 1726 · Fantasy
105,079
Word count
7 hr 22 min
Reading time
421
Est. pages
1726
Published
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is approximately 105,079 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 7 hr 22 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1726, it sits in the Fantasy category.
Typical fantasy novels run 70,000–150,000 words, with a sweet spot around 90,000–120,000. At 105,079 words, Gulliver's Travels sits comfortably within the standard range for the genre.
Source: Word count computed from the Project Gutenberg plain-text edition (eBook #829, public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-21
Fantasy novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | 95,356 |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling | 77,508 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | 58,426 |
| A Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula K. Le Guin | 56,533 |
| Eragon | Christopher Paolini | 157,220 |
| The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald | 50,960 |