How many words are in To Kill a Mockingbird?

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is approximately 100,388 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 7 hr 2 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1960, 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 100,388 words, To Kill a Mockingbird runs longer than the typical range, in epic territory.