How many words are in The Gods of Mars?
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1913 · Science Fiction
82,741
Word count
5 hr 48 min
Reading time
331
Est. pages
1913
Published
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs is approximately 82,741 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 5 hr 48 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1913, it sits in the Science Fiction category.
Typical science fiction novels run 90,000–125,000 words, with a sweet spot around 100,000–115,000. At 82,741 words, The Gods of Mars comes in below the typical range — closer to a novella in length.
Source: Word count computed from the Project Gutenberg plain-text edition (eBook #64, public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-21
Science Fiction novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | 85,451 |
| Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy | 77,845 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 88,942 |
| The Lost World | Arthur Conan Doyle | 75,759 |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | 74,861 |
| The First Men in the Moon | H.G. Wells | 68,391 |