# How long is a dark fantasy novel?

The typical dark fantasy novel here has 149,719 words, about 9 h 59 min of reading. 8 books, longest first.

| # | Book | words | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [The Dark Tower](https://musael.com/books/the-dark-tower.md) | 272,273 | 686 |
| 2 | [Wizard and Glass](https://musael.com/books/wizard-and-glass.md) | 254,691 | 702 |
| 3 | [Wolves of the Calla](https://musael.com/books/wolves-of-the-calla.md) | 242,776 | 816 |
| 4 | [The Waste Lands](https://musael.com/books/the-waste-lands.md) | 173,489 | 640 |
| 5 | [The Drawing of the Three](https://musael.com/books/the-drawing-of-the-three.md) | 125,948 | 480 |
| 6 | [Song of Susannah](https://musael.com/books/song-of-susannah.md) | 118,221 | 413 |
| 7 | [The Wind Through the Keyhole](https://musael.com/books/the-wind-through-the-keyhole.md) | 91,857 | 320 |
| 8 | [The Gunslinger](https://musael.com/books/the-gunslinger.md) | 55,376 | 330 |

## Questions

**How many words is a typical dark fantasy novel?** The median of the 8 dark fantasy books here is 149,719 words, about 9 h 59 min at 250 words a minute.

**What is the longest dark fantasy book here?** The Dark Tower, with 272,273 words.

Source: https://musael.com/books/genres/dark-fantasy