Ursula K. Le Guin

How many words is A Wizard of Earthsea?

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin has 56,533 words.

56,533words

Pages
183mass market, Bantam, 2004
Reading time
3 h 46 minat 250 words a minute
Listening time
6 h 5 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
First published
1968

Book 1 of 5 in Earthsea

  1. 1A Wizard of Earthsea56,533
  2. 2The Tombs of Atuan45,939
  3. 3The Farthest Shore60,591
  4. 4Tehanu68,020
  5. 5The Other Wind69,223

All of Earthsea: 300,306 words

Compared with other books

Longer than 19% of the other 366 books here.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Questions

How many words is A Wizard of Earthsea?

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin has 56,533 words.

How many pages is A Wizard of Earthsea?

183 pages in the mass market, Bantam, 2004 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.

How long does it take to read A Wizard of Earthsea?

About 3 h 46 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 5 min as an audiobook.

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