How many words are in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

by Mark Twain · 1884 · Literary Fiction

109,571
Word count
7 hr 40 min
Reading time
439
Est. pages
1884
Published

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is approximately 109,571 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 7 hr 40 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1884, it sits in the Literary Fiction category.

Typical literary fiction novels run 70,000100,000 words, with a sweet spot around 80,000–90,000. At 109,571 words, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.

Source: Word count from Project Gutenberg plain text edition (public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-19

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