about 303,000words
- Pages
- 816paperback, Anchor Books; Doubleday, 2016
- Reading time
- 20 h 12 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 32 h 35 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 2015
Compared with other books
Longer than 91% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
Sources differ; this is the best-supported figure. Sources give 303,000 to 330,000 words.
- kobo.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780804172707
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is A Little Life?
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara has about 303,000 words.
How many pages is A Little Life?
816 pages in the paperback, Anchor Books; Doubleday, 2016 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read A Little Life?
About 20 h 12 min at 250 words a minute, or 32 h 35 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.