How many words are in The Grapes of Wrath?

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is approximately 169,481 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 11 hr 52 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1939, 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 169,481 words, The Grapes of Wrath runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.