How many words are in Les Misérables?

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is approximately 565,630 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 39 hr 37 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1862, 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 565,630 words, Les Misérables runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.