How many words are in The Lost World?
by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1912 · Science Fiction
75,759
Word count
5 hr 18 min
Reading time
304
Est. pages
1912
Published
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle is approximately 75,759 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 5 hr 18 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1912, 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 75,759 words, The Lost World comes in below the typical range — closer to a novella in length.
Source: Word count computed from the Project Gutenberg plain-text edition (eBook #139, public domain) · referenceVerified 2026-06-21
Science Fiction novels of similar length
| Title | Author | Word count |
|---|---|---|
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | 74,861 |
| Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy | 77,845 |
| The Gods of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 82,741 |
| The First Men in the Moon | H.G. Wells | 68,391 |
| A Princess of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 67,436 |
| The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | 85,451 |